US 12,223,022 B2
Control of user profiles based on biometrical user authentication in an electronic user device
Mohammed Zourob, Bunkeflostrand (SE); Alexander Hunt, Tygelsjö (SE); and Andreas Kristensson, Södra Sandby (SE)
Assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/622,053
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Jun. 28, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/067453
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 22, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/259853, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0318353 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06V 40/13 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 21/32 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04166 (2019.05); G06V 40/13 (2022.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for transitioning between user profiles in an electronic user device during use of the electronic user device, wherein the electronic user device comprises a fingerprint sensor operatively connected to a touch sensor of the electronic user device, the method comprising the following steps:
sensing, by the fingerprint sensor, at least a part of a fingerprint at a determined position and area of a detected touch,
determining, by a fingerprint controller configured to control the fingerprint sensor, whether the sensed part of the fingerprint corresponds to a registered user of the electronic user device, and
when the sensed part of the fingerprint corresponds to a registered user of the electronic user device:
authenticating the registered user based on the sensed fingerprint, and
applying, by a settings controller configured to control the settings of the electronic user device, settings of a user profile associated with the registered user in the electronic user device;
wherein the method further comprises repeating the steps at a frequency corresponding to a set security level.