Biometric Media Guidance for Access Control and User Contact
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing media access technologies do not effectively restrict or encourage user behavior based on biometric data, leading to inappropriate media access in various scenarios.
Innovation Solution
A media guidance application that grants or restricts access to media and devices based on a user's biometric state, allowing or disabling operations and alerting or contacting individuals based on predefined rules and biometric criteria.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If media access is restricted based on biometric data, then user behavior can be encouraged to maintain desired biometric states, but device complexity increases due to integration of biometric monitoring and access control systems
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines biometric monitoring functionality with media access control in a unified system. The biometric monitoring device and media access control system are merged into an integrated platform where biometric data directly influences media access decisions, eliminating the need for separate systems and reducing overall complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs multiple functions through a single integrated platform: it monitors biometric data, evaluates compliance with target biometric states, controls media access permissions, and provides user notifications. This multi-functionality reduces the number of separate components needed and simplifies the overall system architecture.
2Speed
If automatic actions are performed based on biometric state detection, then response time to critical events improves, but measurement precision requirements increase to accurately determine biometric states
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by continuously monitoring biometric data and pre-evaluating compliance with target biometric states before critical events occur. This allows the system to be prepared to execute automatic actions immediately when conditions are met, achieving fast response times without requiring complex real-time analysis at the moment of action.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where biometric data is continuously collected, evaluated against target states, and used to adjust access control decisions in real-time. This closed-loop feedback enables the system to maintain high measurement precision requirements while responding quickly to changes in biometric states through automated adjustments.
3Reliability
If biometric monitoring is continuously performed to enforce access rules, then access control reliability improves, but energy consumption increases due to constant data collection and processing
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs biometric monitoring at periodic intervals rather than continuously, collecting and evaluating biometric data at scheduled times to determine compliance with access rules. This periodic approach maintains sufficient access control reliability by checking biometric states at meaningful intervals while significantly reducing energy consumption compared to continuous monitoring.
Solution Approach 2:
The system utilizes the user's existing mobile device and its built-in sensors for biometric monitoring, leveraging already-powerful hardware and sensors that would otherwise be underutilized. This self-service approach allows reliable biometric data collection without adding dedicated power-hungry monitoring hardware, thereby maintaining access control reliability while minimizing additional energy consumption.
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AI summary
Methods and systems are disclosed herein for establishing communication with users based on biometric data. For example, in response to determining that a user has a particular biometric state, the media guidance application may present an option to contact another user that is associated with that biometric state.