Subtle user recognition

A method of user recognition for a TV system, comprising:

• receiving at least one finger touch from a user at a navigation keypad area of a remote controller unit associated with the TV system;
• capturing a first plurality of fingerprint frames of the user in response to the receiving of the at least one finger touch during a session of the user's in browsing and watching content;
• transmitting the first plurality of fingerprint frames to the TV system;
• extracting and storing a plurality of fingerprint features comprising minutia points from the first plurality of fingerprint frames over a time period;
• forming a registered template from the first plurality of fingerprint frames stored without the user performing any intentional registration step;
• establishing, without needing the user to perform any intentional registration step, a pseudo-identity of the user based on the registered template formed from the first plurality of fingerprint frames stored during the session of the user's in browsing and watching content;
• generating, without needing the user to perform any intentional registration step, a profile associated with the pseudo-identity of the user based on a usage of the TV system by the user over the time period after the receiving of the at least one finger touch;
• matching a second plurality of fingerprint frames with the registered template based on the minutia points from a histogram of a database wherein the matching is carried out without relying on False Acceptance Rate and/or False Rejection Rate, wherein the matching is further based on the usage of the TV system by the user over the time period;
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• in response to determining that the second plurality of fingerprint frames do not match with registered templates from the database, saving minutia points of the second plurality of fingerprint frames to the database.

A method of user recognition for a TV system, comprising:

• receiving, at the TV system, a first broadcast message from a first smart phone, the first broadcast message comprising a first identity of a first user operating the first smart phone;
• receiving at least one finger touch from the first user at a navigation keypad area of a remote controller unit associated with the TV system;
• capturing, without needing the first user to perform any intentional registration step, a first plurality of fingerprint frames of the first user in response to the receiving of the at least one finger touch during a session of the first user in browsing and watching content;
• extracting the first identity of the first user from the first broadcast message;
• transmitting the first plurality of fingerprint frames to the TV system;
• extracting and storing a plurality of fingerprint features comprising minutia points from the first plurality of fingerprint frames,
• forming, without the first user performing any intentional registration step, a registered template from the first plurality of fingerprint frames;
• capturing via the remote controller unit, without needing the first user to perform any intentional registration step, a usage history of the first user for the registered template during the session of the first user in browsing and watching content;
• generating a first profile for the first user, without needing the first user to perform any intentional registration step, based on the usage history of the first user;
• providing at least one of customized content, targeted advertisement, or recommendation based on the first profile associated with the first identity;
• matching a second plurality of fingerprint frames with the registered template based on the minutia points from a histogram of a database wherein the matching is carried out without relying on False Acceptance Rate and/or False Rejection Rate, wherein the matching is further based on the usage history;
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• in response to determining that the second plurality of fingerprint frames do not match with registered templates from the database, saving minutia points of the second plurality of fingerprint frames to the database.