“An Apple invention published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark office on Thursday describes a method by which an iPhone can set off an alert or automatically lock the device based on detected changes in user behavior,” Mikey Campbell reports for AppleInsider. “According to Apple’s patent application for ‘Generating notifications based on user behavior,’ an iPhone or other mobile product employs behavior recognition techniques to determine whether the current user is the device owner. When usage patterns don’t match those of the owner, an alert, notification or system action is triggered.”
“Apple’s invention constantly monitors user behavior, comparing it to historical data known to be associated with a device owner,” Campbell reports. “For example, an iPhone’s accelerometer generates data about a user’s gait, then compares that information with data stored either onboard or on a remote server.”
“As can be expected from a sensor-laden device in constant contact with a user — much of the time spent in use — a lot of information is generated. Everything from common misspellings of words to routine device interactions to frequently used phrases, a device harvests a wide plurality of personal information,” Campbell reports. “If a threshold is breached, meaning unusual behavior has been detected, the recognition server may transmit a signal to remotely lock the device until a user verifies themselves via password or some other form of trusted identity like Touch ID credentials.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Dan K.” for the heads up.]
The downside to this would be that a person with dissociative identity disorder would probably need multiple iPhones
Hey, I think I have that myself.
No you don’t you idiot.
Sybil would have gone bankrupt paying for all those phones.
lol DID on MDN? IMO wow
What will it do for those whom have a good time at Friday’s party? Might play hell if your phone thinks the drunk’n you is not you. 👀
Get drunk more often. “Oh, you again!”
Made me think of a funny scenario. A kid grabs mom’s iPhone and trots off to play — busted! If this happens enough, then it becomes the new “normal”?
😉
…and then she gets a report of the websites little Johnny was visiting! 🙂
So they are clearly thinking in this direction so next step is bio sensors which would be potentially much more complex indicators.
Cheek swabs
I wonder if the head banging of Obama voters would be considered normal behavior by the iPhone ?
get lost. No one needs political hackery
Da Kent? Da Fwhatever? Da Jay Morrison? Da get lost you anonymous cretin.
Unnecessary Obama/Political reference on Mac site = Fail
That’s creepy… I’ll be turning that off asap.
“crime deterrent’
-still my fave….
It is at times you behave opposite of your normal behaviour you need a working phone most….