Electronic device for displaying a plurality of web links based upon finger authentication and associated methods

摘要

An electronic device may include a finger biometric sensor, a display, and a processor coupled with the finger biometric sensor and the display. The processor is capable of displaying a plurality of finger representations on the display corresponding to different fingers of a hand, enrolling respective user's fingers for the plurality of finger representations using the finger biometric sensor, displaying a menu of available functions on the display, associating at least some of the available functions with respective enrolled user's fingers, and performing a given function based upon a match of a newly sensed user's finger with a respective enrolled user's finger using the finger biometric sensor.

主权项

1. An electronic device comprising:
a finger biometric sensor; a touch screen display; a hardware processor coupled with said finger biometric sensor and said touch screen display, and configured to
display a plurality of finger representations on said touch screen display corresponding to different fingers of a hand,enroll respective user's fingers for the plurality of finger representations using said finger biometric sensor,display a menu of available functions on said touch screen display comprising a plurality of different icons each corresponding to a respective available function,associate an icon corresponding to a given function with a respective finger representation on said touch screen display by dragging the icon on the touch screen display, andperforming a given function based upon a match of a newly sensed user's finger with a respective enrolled user's finger using said finger biometric sensor.