Techniques for securing body-based communications
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a memory; and
logic, at least a portion of the logic implemented in circuitry coupled to the memory, the logic to;
identify a security test signal with a body-carried device;
compare a signal characteristic of the security test signal to a known signal characteristic;
derive a value for one or more bioelectric characteristics of a user body based on the comparison of the signal characteristic of the security test signal to the known signal characteristic, the one or more bioelectric characteristics associated with a frequency of the security test signal and comprising one or more of a resistance, an inductance, and a capacitance of the user body, the frequency one of a plurality of frequencies; and
store the value for the one or more bioelectric characteristics with an association to a location on the user body of the body-carried device.
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Abstract
Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques to form and maintain secure communications among two or more body-carried devices disposed in close proximity to the body of a person to form a body area network (BAN). An apparatus to establish secure communications includes a processor component; a signal component for execution by the processor component to compare a signal characteristic of a security test signal to a known signal characteristic of the security test signal to derive a bioelectric characteristic, the security test signal received via a tissue; and a bioelectric component for execution by the processor component to determine whether to allow transmission of data through the tissue based on the bioelectric characteristic. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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25 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a memory; and logic, at least a portion of the logic implemented in circuitry coupled to the memory, the logic to; identify a security test signal with a body-carried device; compare a signal characteristic of the security test signal to a known signal characteristic; derive a value for one or more bioelectric characteristics of a user body based on the comparison of the signal characteristic of the security test signal to the known signal characteristic, the one or more bioelectric characteristics associated with a frequency of the security test signal and comprising one or more of a resistance, an inductance, and a capacitance of the user body, the frequency one of a plurality of frequencies; and store the value for the one or more bioelectric characteristics with an association to a location on the user body of the body-carried device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method, comprising:
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identifying a security test signal with a body-carried device; comparing a signal characteristic of the security test signal to a known signal characteristic; deriving a value for one or more bioelectric characteristics of a user body based on the comparison of the signal characteristic of the security test signal to the known signal characteristic, the one or more bioelectric characteristics associated with a frequency of the security test signal and comprising one or more of a resistance, an inductance, and a capacitance of the user body, the frequency one of a plurality of frequencies; and storing the value for the one or more bioelectric characteristics with an association to a location on the user body of the body-carried device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising a set of instructions that, in response to being executed by a processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to:
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identify a security test signal with a body-carried device; compare a signal characteristic of the security test signal to a known signal characteristic; derive a value for one or more bioelectric characteristics of a user body based on the comparison of the signal characteristic of the security test signal to the known signal characteristic, the one or more bioelectric characteristics associated with a frequency of the security test signal and comprising one or more of a resistance, an inductance, and a capacitance of the user body, the frequency one of a plurality of frequencies; and store the value for the one or more bioelectric characteristics with an association to a location on the user body of the body-carried device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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- 24. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of 23, comprising instructions that, in response to being executed by the processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to update the closest match and allow transmission of data when the difference from the closest match is within a maximum rate of change, wherein the expected bioelectric characteristic is associated with the location of the user body, wherein a different location of the user body is associated with a different expected bioelectric characteristic.
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