System and method of providing biometric quick launch
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsDinah Davis, Neil Patrick Adams
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Abstract
By providing a biometric candidate to a biometric input device, a user may cause a computing device to be unlocked and cause a specific application to be launched on the computing device. The biometric input device may be on the computing device or on a peripheral security device that is in communication with the computing device. Indeed, the specific application may be launched pre-loaded with certain data, selection of which data is controlled by the particular biometric provided to the biometric input device.
Claims19
A method of launching applications on a computing apparatus, said method comprising:
- receiving a biometric candidate;
- determining that said biometric candidate matches a stored biometric template and that said stored biometric template is associated with an application;
- determining that said stored biometric template is associated with unlocking said computing apparatus;
- unlocking said computing apparatus;
- and
- launching execution of said application.
A computing apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory for storing:
- executable code for an application to be launched by said processor;
- and
- a biometric template;
- said processor being adapted to:
- receive a biometric candidate;
- determine that said biometric candidate matches said biometric template and that said stored biometric template is associated with said executable code;
- determine that said stored biometric template is associated with unlocking said computing apparatus;
- unlock said computing apparatus;
- and
- launch execution of said application.
A computer readable medium containing computer-executable instructions that, when performed by a processor, cause said processor to:
- receive a biometric candidate;
- determine that said biometric candidate matches a stored biometric template and that said stored biometric template is associated with an application;
- determine that said stored biometric template is associated with unlocking said computing apparatus;
- unlock said computing apparatus;
- and
- launch execution of said application.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.