hbomb1129: How many iPhones and iPads are shared devices that actually makes seeking this worthwhile? Why couldn't a biometric print reader not accomplish the same thing? How will it differentiate between a photo and the real deal?

And not only that, what if your name is Werner Brandes, and your photo is your passport?

This has been discussed plenty before; I'm surprised there's not already a half dozen patents for this. Saying that making it for a mobile device is what makes it innovative and unique is the tech patent equivalent of adding "in bed" to the end of hymnal song titles.

Apple can patent my dick, only so they can suck it that is.

Jormungandr: Apple can patent my dick, only so they can suck it that is.

That must be one overpriced (and overrated) penis.

"Hello, John Dinglewweed."
"I'm not John Dingleweed."
"You have three unread messages John."
"It's not me! Look! I'm Noit!"
"Would you like to finish watching Spiderman 3, John?"
"I hate Spiderman 3 and I'm not John!"
"Don't forget your dentist appoint on tuesday, John."
"Shut up! I'm me."
"Your Mother's birthday is coming up next week, John."
"Fine. Fine. You win. I'll be John. Does John have any good porn?"
I'll access your collection of man on man videos, John."
"FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUU-"

So, this way they can be absolutely sure it really is you they're logging GPS coordinates for?

dletter: [photos.appleinsider.com image 640x522]

It's the future, where everyone is a Steak and Shake employee

Stay away from the cans! They hate the cans!

My Lenovo netbook running Windows XP can do that. It has a little webcam on it, and you can set it up so that it will do facial recognition, log you in to your account with your settings, and decrypt your files for you.

It was bought on clearance 2 1/2 years ago, so that sounds like prior art.

...Doesn't ICS do this?

Fairly sure the Galaxy Nexus has Face Unlocking, which I'm pretty sure is prior art and would invalidate this.

Humorous-Name: ...Doesn't ICS do this?

Fairly sure the Galaxy Nexus has Face Unlocking, which I'm pretty sure is prior art and would invalidate this.

This is sort of different, ICS does full biometric for unlocking. This patent covers simpler biometric running all the time so you can pass your iThing to your wife and then bam instantly it loads her settings. This shouldn't prevent android from applying settings on unlock for multiple users, but hey Apple will probably sue anyways.

whatever.

Products for teenage girls.