Patent ID: 8374324
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving first biometric data at a set top box device from a remote control device, wherein the first biometric data is received at the remote control device via a biometric input device, wherein the biometric input device is activated in response to receiving an input that indicates a phone terminal communicatively coupled to the set top box device has been activated, and wherein the first biometric data received at the set top box device from the remote control device is associated with a fingerprint, using the first biometric data to confirm an identity of a first user and to locate a first configuration file associated with the first user, wherein the first configuration file includes a personal phone book of the first user; and in response to confirming the identity of the first user based on the first biometric data received at the set top box device, activating a service at the set top box device based on the first configuration file associated with the first user, wherein activating the service at the set top box device comprises: