IP Library Granted Patent US 11,048,782
Granted Patent B2
US 11,048,782 · App. 16/018,884 · Granted Jun 29, 2021

User identification notification for non-personal device

Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon (Raleigh, NC); Kevin Wayne Beck (Raleigh, NC); Thorsten Peter Stremlau (Morrisville, NC)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
G06F21/31G06F3/01G06F21/32
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Patent No.
US 11,048,782
App. No.
16/018,884
Granted
Jun 29, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at a non-personal information handling device, user characteristic data associated with a user; determining, using a processor and based on the user characteristic data, an identity of the user; and providing, based on the determining, a user identification notification. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Claims (47)

1. A method, comprising:

dynamically detecting, at a non-personal information handling device, user characteristic data associated with a user;

determining, using a processor and based on the user characteristic data, an identity of the user;

providing, based on the determining, a user identification notification, wherein the user identification notification is particular to the user and is provided to the user as long as a gaze of the user is focused on the non-personal information handling device;

presenting, subsequent to provision of the user identification notification, a list of permissions available to the user on the non-personal information handling device based on the identity;

accessing contextual information associated with the user;

receiving a command input from the user, wherein the command input comprises at least one deictic word that makes the command input ambiguous;

ascribing context to the at least one deictic word from the contextual information;

disambiguating, subsequent to the ascribing, the command input; and

performing a function dictated by the command input.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user identification notification is provided prior to receipt of user activation input.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user identification notification is specific to the identified user.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining comprises accessing a user database associated with the non-personal information handling device and determining if the user characteristic data matches characteristic data of a stored user in the user database.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the providing comprises providing the user identification notification on another device.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing, responsive to determining the identity of the user, a list of permissions available to the identified user on the non-personal information handling device.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising loading, responsive to determining the identity of the user, one or more user preferences on the non-personal information handling device.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user identification notification is selected from the group consisting of a visual notification, an audible notification, and a haptic notification.

9. An information handling device, comprising:

a processor;

a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to:

dynamically detect user characteristic data associated with a user;

determine, based on the user characteristic data, an identity of the user; and

provide, based on the determining, a user identification notification, wherein the user identification notification is particular to the user and is provided to the user as long as a gaze of the user is focused on the non-personal information handling device;

present, subsequent to provision of the user identification notification, a list of permissions available to the user on the non-personal information handling device based on the identity;

access contextual information associated with the user;

receive a command input from the user, wherein the command input comprises at least one deictic word that makes the command input ambiguous;

ascribe context to the at least one deictic word from the contextual information;

disambiguate, subsequent to the ascribing, the command input; and

perform a function dictated by the command input;

wherein the information handling device is a non-personal information handling device.

10. The information handling device of claim 9 , wherein the user identification notification is selected from the group consisting of a visual notification, an audible notification, and a haptic notification.

11. The information handling device of claim 9 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to determine comprise instructions executable by the processor to access a user database associated with the information handling device and determine if the user characteristic data matches characteristic data of a stored user in the user database.

12. The information handling device of claim 9 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to provide comprise instructions executable by the processor to provide the user identification notification on another device.

13. The information handling device of claim 9 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to provide, responsive to determining the identity of the user, a list of permissions available to the identified user on the information handling device.

14. The information handling device of claim 9 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to load, responsive to determining the identity of the user, one or more user preferences on the non-personal information handling device.

15. The information handling device of claim 9 , wherein the user identification notification is specific to the identified user.

16. A product, comprising:

a storage device that stores code, the code being executable by a processor and comprising:

code that dynamically detects, at a non-personal device, user characteristic data associated with a user;

code that determines, based on the user characteristic data, an identity of the user; and

code that provides, based on the code that determines, a user identification notification, wherein the user identification notification is particular to the user and is provided to the user as long as a gaze of the user is focused on the non-personal information handling device;

code that presents, subsequent to provision of the user identification notification, a list of permissions available to the user on the non-personal information handling device based on the identity;

code that accesses contextual information associated with the user;

code that receives a command input from the user, wherein the command input comprises at least one deictic word that makes the command input ambiguous;

code that ascribes context to the at least one deictic word from the contextual information;

code that disambiguates, subsequent to the ascribing, the command input; and

code that performs a function dictated by the command input.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 069870/0670 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2022
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 060638/0160 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 26, 2018
From: VANBLON, RUSSELL SPEIGHT; BECK, KEVIN WAYNE; STREMLAU, THORSTEN PETER
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 046205/0140 →