Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Sony patents player recognition on sci-fi scale]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/23/sony-patents-player-recognition-on-sci-fi-scale/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/23/sony-patents-player-recognition-on-sci-fi-scale/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/23/sony-patents-player-recognition-on-sci-fi-scale/#comments Sony patents player recognition on scifi scaleA patent Sony filed in May 2012 was recently uncovered, indicating the company has interest in knowing exactly who the users of its products are. The patent, titled "Process and Apparatus for Automatically Identifying User of Consumer Electronics," describes the inclusion of fingerprint sensors that would read biometric data of its users on products such as phones, keyboards and gaming controllers.

The patent's abstract reads, "A user of a device may be uniquely identified using a metric that is contingent upon the user using the device for its intended purpose without the user having to perform a separate step, function or operation for the express purpose of identifying the user." The document continues to elaborate on context-sensitive content that would be automatically generated for users upon identification.

Biometric data has mingled with gaming before, most notably when Nintendo introduced (but did not release) the Vitality Sensor device.

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Why do the bad seeds always have to ruin it for the rest of us? New legislation has passed, determining that some states (right now only Utah and Florida, with Rhode Island and Wisconsin considering it) require those trading in used CDs, including video games, to have a fingerprint of their thumb taken, along with a copy of their state ID. Not only that, but the institutions selling these used goods must attain a permit and file a $10,000 bond with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

To make things worse, the institutions taking used goods and reselling them can only offer store credit and must wait 30 days before reselling something used they took in. Florida found a way around this, kind of, as merchants in that state need not file for the permit and only have to wait 15 days before turning the product around.

[Via Game|Life]

JoystiqCrooks ruin trading in unwanted games for the rest of us originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 10 May 2007 14:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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