Behavioral fingerprint controlled automatic task determination

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9348985-B2
Application number	US-201113373684-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 23, 2011
Priority date	Nov 23, 2011
Publication date	May 24, 2016
Grant date	May 24, 2016

Abstract

A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: determining a behavioral fingerprint associated with a network-accessible user, the behavioral fingerprint providing a current status of the network-accessible user; and controlling one or more devices automatically as a function of the determined behavioral fingerprint and a direction received from the network-accessible user. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
at least one hardware computing device; and
one or more instructions which when executed on the at least one hardware computing device cause the at least one hardware computing device to at least:
maintain at least one behavioral fingerprint, the at least one behavioral fingerprint associated with the at least one hardware computing device and at least one authorized user of the at least one hardware computing device;
detect, at least partially based on at least one comparative analysis, at least one indication that the at least one hardware computing device is not under control of the at least one authorized user, the at least one comparative analysis including at least comparing at least a portion of at least one image associated with the at least one behavioral fingerprint to at least a portion of at least one image captured by at least one image sensor of the at least one hardware computing device;
control at least one security-related aspect of the at least one hardware computing device at least partially based on at least one direction received from the at least one authorized user; and
enable one or more automatic tasks, including at least transmitting one or more alerts indicative of one or more of the at least one authorized user or the at least one hardware computing device.

2. A system, comprising:
circuitry for maintaining at least one behavioral fingerprint, the at least one behavioral fingerprint associated with at least one computing device and at least one authorized user of the at least one computing device;
circuitry for detecting, at least partially based on at least one comparative analysis, at least one indication that the at least one computing device is not under control of the at least one authorized user, the at least one comparative analysis including at least comparing at least a portion of at least one image associated with the at least one behavioral fingerprint to at least a portion of at least one image captured by at least one image sensor of the at least one computing device;
circuitry for controlling at least one security-related aspect of the at least one computing device at least partially based on at least one direction received from the at least one authorized user; and
circuitry for enabling one or more automatic tasks, including at least transmitting one or more alerts indicative of one or more of the at least one authorized user or the at least one computing device.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein circuitry for enabling one or more automatic tasks, including at least transmitting one or more alerts indicative of one or more of the at least one authorized user or the at least one computing device comprises:
circuitry for transmitting at least one alert associated with notifying the at least one authorized user of the detecting at least one indication that the at least one computing device is not under control of the at least one authorized user.

4. The system of claim 2 , wherein circuitry for enabling one or more automatic tasks, including at least transmitting one or more alerts indicative of one or more of the at least one authorized user or the at least one computing device comprises:
circuitry for transmitting at least one alert to at least one application running on the at least one computing device.

5. The system of claim 2 , wherein circuitry for enabling one or more automatic tasks, including at least transmitting one or more alerts indicative of one or more of the at least one authorized user or the at least one computing device comprises:
circuitry for transmitting at least one signal to alert at least one task available to be performed by the at least one computing device.

6. The system of claim 2 , wherein circuitry for enabling one or more automatic tasks, including at least transmitting one or more alerts indicative of one or more of the at least one authorized user or the at least one computing device comprises:
circuitry for transmitting at least one alert to at least one of (a) one or more other computing devices, (b) one or more applications running on at least one cloud computing system, or (c) one or more internet available entities via at least one cloud computing system.

7. The system of claim 2 , wherein circuitry for enabling one or more automatic tasks, including at least transmitting one or more alerts indicative of one or more of the at least one authorized user or the at least one computing device comprises:
circuitry for enabling performance of one or more tasks, the one or more tasks including at least the transmitting one or more alerts, at least partially based on the detecting at least one indication that the at least one computing device is not under control of the at least one authorized user.

8. The system of claim 2 , wherein circuitry for enabling one or more automatic tasks, including at least transmitting one or more alerts indicative of one or more of the at least one authorized user or the at least one computing device comprises:
circuitry for enabling performance of one or more tasks at least one of previous to, concurrently with, or subsequent to the transmitting the one or more alerts.

9. The system of claim 2 , wherein circuitry for enabling one or more automatic tasks, including at least transmitting one or more alerts indicative of one or more of the at least one authorized user or the at least one computing device comprises:
circuitry for transmitting the one or more alerts at least one of previous to, concurrently with, or subsequent to the controlling at least one security-related aspect of the at least one computing device.

10. The system of claim 2 , wherein circuitry for controlling at least one security-related aspect of the at least one computing device at least partially based on at least one direction received from the at least one authorized user comprises:
circuitry for receiving the at least one direction from the at least one authorized user via at least one network connection.

11. The system of claim 2 , wherein circuitry for controlling at least one security-related aspect of the at least one computing device at least partially based on at least one direction received from the at least one authorized user comprises:
circuitry for controlling the at least one computing device wherein the at least one computing device includes at least one locking device, the at least one locking device including one or more of a key fob, a door lock device, an entry gate, a safe, or a cage.

12. The system of claim 2 , wherein circuitry for controlling at least one security-related aspect of the at least one computing device at least partially based on at least one direction received from the at least one authorized user comprises:
circuitry for facilitating at least one disabling action relating to the at least one computing device responsive to at least one user-configurable setting of the at least one computing device if the at least one computing device is not under control of the at least one authorized user, the at least one user-configurable setting provided at least one of by default or by the at least one authorized user previous to detecting the at least one indication that the at least one computing device is not under control of the at least one authorized user.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein circuitry for facilitating at least one disabling action relating to the at least one computing device responsive to at least one user-configurable setting of the at least one computing device if the at least one computing device is not under control of the at least one authorized user, the at least

Assignees

• Davis Marc E
• Dyor Matthew G
• Gerrity Daniel A
• Huang Xuedong
• Hyde Roderick A
• Levien Royce A
• Lord Richard T
• Lord Robert W
• Malamud Mark A
• Myhrvold Nathan P
• Tegreene Clarence T
• Elwha Llc

Inventors

• Davis Marc E
• Dyor Matthew G
• Gerrity Daniel A
• Huang Xuedong
• Hyde Roderick A
• Levien Royce A
• Lord Richard T
• Lord Robert W
• Malamud Mark A
• Myhrvold Nathan P
• Tegreene Clarence T

Classifications

• G06F21/316 Primary

  by observing the pattern of computer usage, e.g. typical user behaviour · CPC title