Patent Document ID: 20120321144
Application ID: 13163050
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An automated method for operating an information handling system, comprising: providing an information handling system including at least one processing device, the processing device configured to provide interactive access for a user to an unrestricted computing environment that includes a set of available applications, content items, and setting options; capturing image data of facial characteristics of a current user of the information handling system; providing the captured image data to the processing device; analyzing the captured image data with the processing device to determine at least one of an age, gender, or age and gender of the current user from the facial characteristics of the current user; using the processing device to match a predefined user category with the determined age, gender, or age and gender of the current user; and using the processing device to limit the interactive functionality of the information handling system by providing interactive access for the current user to a restricted computing environment associated with the matched user category.