Patent ID: 8374324

Claim:
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, wherein the set top box device is coupled to a display device configured to display user information that is associated with one of a plurality of configuration files accessible at the set top box device; 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: displaying the personal phone book of the first user at the display device coupled to the set top box device; and displaying presence information associated with user specified contacts of the personal phone book of the first user at the display device that is coupled to the set top box device.