Method and apparatus for automatic control of access
AssigneeShmuel LEVIN
InventorsShmuel Levin, Shai Ashkenazi
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling access of individuals to a service, device or location in order to restrict access to members of a particular age and/or gender category, by machine-sensing a predetermined biometric characteristic of the individual indicative of the particular age and/or gender category and utilizing the machine-sensed characteristic for automatically controlling access of the individual. The method and apparatus are particularly suited to controlling access of children to age-inappropriate Internet sites.
Claims32
A method of controlling access of an individual to a service, device or location in order to restrict access to members of a particular category, comprising:
- machine-sensing at least one predetermined biometric characteristic of the individual indicative of said particular category;
- and
- utilizing said machine-sensed characteristic for automatically controlling access of the individual to said particular service, device or location.
An apparatus for controlling access of an individual to a service, device or location in order to restrict access to members of a particular category, comprising:
- at least one sensor for sensing at least one predetermined biometric characteristic of said individual indicative of said particular category;
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- a data processor for receiving the sensed biometric characteristic, comparing the biometric characteristic to reference data that correlates the biometric characteristic to the particular category, and outputting a signal indicating whether or not access to said particular service, device or location is permitted.
A memory device storing in an installable format a software application for analyzing at least one biometric characteristic of an individual to determine if said individual belongs to a particular category;
- and for automatically controlling access of the individual to a service, device or location in order to restrict access according to said particular category.
A hardware storing in an executable format an application for analyzing at least one biometric characteristic of an individual to determine if said individual belongs to a particular category;
- and for automatically controlling access of the individual to a service, device or location in order to restrict access according to said particular category.
An apparatus for to restricting access or use to individuals being members of a particular category, comprising, housed therein, a sensor for sensing a predetermined biometric characteristic of said individuals indicative of said particular category.
A method of conducting business comprising:
- upgrading a user client to perform a biometric age and/or gender classification;
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- selling or licensing to a service provider and/or content provider an access control package operably communicating with said user client.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.