Patent Document ID: 9128737
Application ID: 13466611
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of operating a computing device coupled to at least one image-sensing device and using a plurality of stored user profiles, each stored user profile associated with at least one stored user value indicative of a user, the method comprising: receiving at least one first image from the at least one image-sensing device; generating a current user value indicative of a current user of the computing device based on the at least one received first image; determining if the current user value corresponds to the at least one stored user value from one of the stored user profiles; retrieving the stored user profile having the stored user value corresponding to the current user value if the current user value corresponds to the at least one stored user value; configuring at least some programs operating on the computing device using the retrieved user profile; and configuring at least some programs operating on the computing device using a guest profile if the current user value does not correspond to the at least one stored user value; configuring at least some programs operating on a device external to the computing device using the retrieved user profile; and setting the computing device in a locked state when at least one second image that indicates an absence of the current user is received from the image-sensing device.