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US 8,526,686 B2Granted
Dynamic profile creation in response to facial recognition
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
InventorEdoardo Gavita
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Abstract
The use of an image capture device with a IPTV Set Top Box allows for the STB to detect a plurality of viewers, and to then provide access conditions that are appropriate to the detected viewers. In cases where a viewer has not been profiled this may include creating a profile for the user, while in cases where a plurality of users are detected, a set of access rights and permissions determined in accordance with the plurality of users can be provided.
Claims13
A method of user account administration, the method comprising:
- receiving an image from an image capture device, the image containing at least two faces;
- determining, in accordance with stored user profiles, that the received image includes both a first user having the ability to create new user profiles, and a second user without a user profile;
- creating a new user profile and assigning the created profile generic characteristics;
- and
- assigning the new user profile to the second user.
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A user account administration management system comprising:
- a profile processor having:
- a communications interface for receiving an indication identifying a plurality of users,
- a database interface for retrieving profiles associated with each of the users in the identified plurality from a user profile database and
- for determining that a first user in the plurality is associated with a profile having permission to create new user profiles for storage in the user profile database, and that a second user in the plurality is not associated with a profile in the user database, and for creating a profile in the user profile database associated with the second of the users, the created profile being assigned generic characteristics.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.