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US 2016/0078442 A1Published application
User id with integrated device setup parameters
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsPeter Shintani, Robert Noel Blanchard
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Abstract
To eliminate the need for a user to laboriously enter device setup parameters into each of plural devices, a user ID is provided with a secure part, having the user's login credentials, and an unsecure device parameter part which defines device parameters desired by the user to be set in computing devices.
Claims20
A device comprising:
- at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium with instructions executable by a processor to configure the processor for:
- receiving a user identification data block;
- retrieving from a non-secure, unencrypted partition of the data block device setting information;
- automatically establishing at least one display device setting according to the setting information;
- retrieving from a secure, encrypted partition of the data block personal information of a person;
- and
- using the personal information to effect a transaction.
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A device comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one computer readable storage medium with instructions executable by the processor to configure the processor to:
- receive personal information of a person:
- receive display device setting preferences of the person;
- and
- combine the personal information and the display device setting preferences of the person into a single user identification (ID), the personal information being encrypted, the display device setting preferences not being encrypted.
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A method comprising:
- pursuant to a transaction in which a display device is vended to a person, collecting personal information identifying the person;
- pursuant to the transaction, collecting display device setting preferences of the person;
- and
- combining the personal information and the display device setting preferences in a user ID, the personal information being in an encrypted part of the user ID, the display device setting preferences being in an unencrypted part of the user ID.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.