Patent · US Expired

Multiple device and/or user association

US7213768B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 16, 2005
Grant dateMay 8, 2007
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Expiry dateMar 16, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F21/35
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and devices are provided for automating a login process and user/device associations. A user's preferred device settings and/or functions may be provisioned automatically. Some implementations provide an automated log out or “sleep” when a user leaves one or more of the devices. Users may be automatically identified and associated. The “presence” of members of a user group may be determined as required for one or more actions to be taken. Some user groups control devices according to which members of a group may have access to certain functions, information, etc., and which may not.

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