Device operations based on configurable input sequences

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9646438-B2
Application number	US-201314034309-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 23, 2013
Priority date	Sep 23, 2013
Publication date	May 9, 2017
Grant date	May 9, 2017

Abstract

An electronic device may be configured to identify configuration information associated with input sequences. In some examples, the configuration information may enable an association between the input sequences and operations capable of being performed by the electronic device. Additionally, in some aspects, the electronic device may be configured to receive biometric inputs and determine an operation to be performed based at least in part on the received biometric inputs and the association. Further, the electronic device may enable performance of the determined operation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving, from an electronic device, an indication that a recording mode has been initiated by a user of the electronic device;
recording a sequence of two or more user-defined actions;
receiving an indication that the recording mode has been terminated;
in response to the recording mode being terminated, converting the sequence of two or more user-defined actions into a set of computer commands;
receiving a first sequence of fingerprint inputs from a fingerprint scanner in communication with the electronic device;
generating a first alphanumerical combination by combining a plurality of biometric identifiers individually associated with the first sequence of fingerprint inputs according to an order of the first sequence;
storing an association between the first alphanumerical combination and the set of computer commands converted from the sequence of two or more user-defined actions;
receiving a second sequence of fingerprint inputs from the fingerprint scanner in communication with the electronic device;
generating a second alphanumerical combination by combining a plurality of biometric identifiers individually associated with the second sequence of fingerprint inputs according to the order of the second sequence;
determining, with a processor device of the electronic device, that the set of computer commands are to be executed by the electronic device, the determination based at least in part on the generated first alphanumerical combination and the generated second alphanumerical combination; and
performing, with the processor device of the electronic device, the determined set of computer commands.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising maintaining a mapping between the alphanumerical combination and the sequence of two or more user-defined actions.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the two or more user-defined actions are capable of being performed by the electronic device.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein determining the set of computer commands to execute comprises identifying the two or more user-defined actions corresponding to the alphanumerical combination in the mapping.

5. A system, comprising:
at least one processor device;
a memory storing executable instructions that, when executed with the at least one processor device, cause the system to at least:
receive an indication that a recording mode has been initiated by a user of the electronic device;
record a sequence of two or more user-defined actions;
receive an indication that the recording mode has been terminated;
in response to the recording mode being terminated, convert the sequence of two or more user-defined actions into a set of computer commands;
receive a first sequence of biometric inputs;
generate a first alphanumerical combination by combining a first plurality of biometric identifiers individually associated with the first sequence of biometric inputs according to an order of the first sequence of the biometric inputs;
store an association between the first alphanumerical combination and the set of computer commands converted from the sequence of two or more user-defined actions;
receive a second sequence of biometric inputs;
generate a second alphanumerical combination by combining a second plurality of biometric identifiers individually associated with the second sequence of fingerprint inputs according to the order of the second sequence;
determine that the set of computer commands are to be performed by the electronic device based at least in part on the alphanumerical combination; and
enable performance of the set of computer commands by the electronic device.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the two or more user-defined actions comprise at least one of user-defined operations or user-defined input sequences.

7. The system of claim 5 , wherein the set of computer commands are executed by an application of the electronic device or by an operating system of the electronic device.

8. The system of claim 5 , wherein the received second sequence of biometric inputs are received from the user responsive to an interaction with at least one of a lock screen of the electronic device, a home screen of the electronic device, or an application of the electronic device.

9. The system of claim 5 , wherein at least one of the first sequence of biometric inputs comprise a fingerprint input of the user.

10. A system, comprising:
at least one processor device;
a memory storing executable instructions that, when executed with the at least one processor device, cause the system to at least:
determine a plurality of device commands corresponding to two or more user-defined actions, the two or more user-defined actions having been recorded by the system during a recording mode, the two or more user-defined actions being converted to the plurality of device commands, the plurality of device commands being associated with a first alphanumerical combination generated from a first sequence of two or more biometric inputs provider by a user of an electronic device;
maintain a mapping between the first alphanumerical combination and the plurality of device commands;
receive a biometric input corresponding to a second sequence of two or more biometric inputs;
determine a plurality of biometric identifiers by matching an individual biometric input of the second sequence of two or more biometric inputs received to a biometric identifier;
generate an second alphanumerical combination by combining the plurality of biometric identifiers according to an order of the second sequence of the two or more biometric inputs;
identify the plurality of device commands based at least in part on determining that the second alphanumerical combination matches the first alphanumerical combination in the mapping; and

perform the plurality of device commands.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the configuration two or more user-defined actions are recorded based at least in part on inputs from the user of the electronic device.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the two or more user-defined actions are received from the user based at least in part on an interface for receiving the two or more user-defined actions.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of device commands is identified further based at least in part on user-specified preferences indicating a preference of a first plurality of user-defined actions corresponding to a first plurality of device commands over a second plurality of user-defined actions corresponding to a second plurality of device commands, the first plurality of user-defined actions being different from the second plurality of user-defined actions.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the mapping comprises an indication of a graphical user interface mode of the electronic device.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein the received biometric input is received utilizing a biometric reader in communication with the electronic device.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon executable instructions that, when executed by at least one computer system, cause the at least one computer system to perform operations comprising:
receiving an indication that a recording mode has been initiated;
recording a sequence of two or more user-defined actions;
receiving an indication that the recording mode has been terminated;
in response to the recording mode being terminated, determining a plurality of device commands to asso

Assignees

• Amazon Tech Inc

Inventors

• G Narasimha

Classifications

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