Patent ID: 8811685

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a sensor configured to automatically detect a presence of a user within a detection area; a processor operably coupled to the sensor, the processor configured to: in response to detection of the presence of the user, employ a user habit-based identification to reduce a list of known user candidates to match against the detected user; automatically attempt to select one user from among the reduced list of known user candidates as being the detected user by matching user characteristics according to a matching criterion; when one user is selected from the reduced list of known user candidates, automatically load user data associated with the selected user, wherein the user data includes the selected user's settings and preferences, and after automatically loading the user data that includes the selected user's settings and preferences, automatically present the detected user with a request for authorization credentials; and when no user is selected from the reduced list of known users, load a set of guest user settings that provide a guest user access to the Internet and provide no or a limited access to data stored on the apparatus.