Device Enabling User Preferred Functions, Preferences, and Settings in Another Electronic Device and Corresponding Methods

A method, comprising:

• receiving, at a connector of a companion electronic device, power actuating one or more processors of the device;
• receiving, at an authentication device operable with the one or more processors, authentication data;
• confirming, by the one or more processors, the authentication data is received from an authorized user of the device;
• and
• automatically delivering, by the one or more processors from an encrypted memory after confirming the authentication data is received from the authorized user of the device, one or more user preferences to the connector, the one or more user preferences enabling one or more functions of another electronic device only while the power actuating the one or more processors is received from the connector.

A system, comprising:

• an electronic device;
• and
• an companion electronic device, electrically connectable to the electronic device, the companion electronic device comprising:
• a fingerprint sensor;
• an encrypted memory storing a plurality of user preferred settings for the electronic device;
• and
• one or more processors operable with the fingerprint sensor and the encrypted memory;
• the one or more processors configuring the electronic device with the plurality of user preferred settings when the companion electronic device is coupled to the electronic device and fingerprint data received by the fingerprint sensor is identified as belonging to an authorized user of the companion electronic device.