Patent ID: 9075431
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A display apparatus comprising: a storage unit which is provided to store biometric information of an individual user and metadata corresponding to the biometric information; a biometric information input unit through which biometric information of a plurality of users is input; a display unit; a user input unit configured to receive a user input; a controller which determines metadata corresponding to a first user by comparing the input biometric information of the first user with the stored biometric information, determines metadata corresponding to a second user by comparing the input biometric information of the second user with the stored biometric information, and generates information of a user group comprising the first and second users based on common metadata between the metadata of the first user and the metadata of the second user; and a user interface (UI) generator which is controlled by the controller to generate and display on the display unit a first menu button for a user to select whether to log in with a user group identification (ID) or with an individual user ID via the user input unit, and in response to the individual user ID being selected when the plurality of users are present, to generate and display on the display unit a second menu button for the user to select, via the user input unit, one of the plurality of users to log in with the individual user ID.