Method, apparatus, and system for accessing data storage with biometric verification

• US 10,433,006 B2
• Filed: 12/18/2014
• Issued: 10/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Syndefense
• Original Assignee: Syndefense
• Inventors: Dua, Robin
• Primary Examiner(s): Homayounmehr, Farid
• Assistant Examiner(s): Torres-Diaz, Lizbeth
• Application Number:
  US14/574,873
• Publication Number:
  US 20150113622A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,748 Days
• Field of Search: 713168, 713170, 713172, 713186, 726 2, 726 26- 27
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/106 across networks, e.g. mapping telephone numbers to data network addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4511 using domain name system [DNS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4557 Directories for hybrid networks, e.g. including telephone numbers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1106 Call signalling protocols; H.323 and related
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25875 involving end-user authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; arrangements for secret or secure communication including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4135 external recorder interface circuits between an apparatus for recording television signals and a television receiver H04N5/775
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4147 PVR [Personal Video Recorder] H04N5/76 takes precedence ; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42206 characterized by hardware details
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42221 Transmission circuitry, e.g. infrared [IR] or radio frequency [RF]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/431 Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4325 by playing back content from the storage medium reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 : Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43635 : HDMI
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 : involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44004 : involving video buffer management, e.g. video decoder buffer or video display buffer
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440218 : by transcoding between formats or standards, e.g. from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 conversion of standards in analogue television systems H04N7/01
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4415 : using biometric characteristics of the user, e.g. by voice recognition or fingerprint scanning cryptography using biological data H04L9/3231; authentication in networks using biometric H04L63/0861
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 : involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/462 : Content or additional data management, e.g. creating a master electronic program guide from data received from the Internet and a Head-end, controlling the complexity of a video stream by scaling the resolution or bit-rate based on the client capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 : Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 : End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 : for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 : Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 : End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 : involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6187 : involving transmission via a telephone network, e.g. POTS
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3233 : of authentication information, e.g. digital signature, watermark
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 : Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 : by receiver means only
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17309 : Transmission or handling of upstream communications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 : Authentication

Abstract

A device, system, and method to provide access to a storage device based on biometric verification. A computing device includes a wireless transceiver configured to communicate wirelessly with a data network, a user interface configured to receive a user input to access data from a storage device in communication with the data network, and a biometric characteristic reader configured to receive user characteristic data to verify a user'"'"'s identity. The computing device is configured to access the data from the storage device via the wireless transceiver and the data network based on verification of the user'"'"'s identity.

Claims

1. A computing device, comprising:

a wireless transceiver configured to communicate wirelessly with a data network to connect to a remote storage device storing a plurality of media assets;

a processor to exchange media processing capabilities with a media player device connected to the computing device, the computing device being removably connectable to the media player device, and to generate a user interface according to the received media processing capabilities of the media player device, the user interface being configured by the processor to be displayed at the media player device to display a list of the media assets stored in the storage device, and to receive a user input from the media player device selecting a media asset from the displayed list at the media player device, the processor being configured to access the selected media asset from the storage device; and

an external biometric characteristic reader configured to receive user biometric characteristic data to verify a user'"'"'s identity after a wireless connection with the media player device is established,

wherein;

the processor is configured to access the selected media asset from the storage device via the wireless transceiver and the data network based on verification of the user'"'"'s identity, for display at the media player device; and

the user interface is configured by the processor to filter the displayed list of stored media assets according to the received media format processing capabilities of the media player device to omit media assets that cannot be processed by the media player device.

2. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the data network is the Internet, and the storage device is connected to the Internet to perform at least one of sending and receiving of data over the Internet.

3. The computing device of claim 2, wherein the wireless transceiver includes a cellular transceiver, and

the wireless transceiver is configured to perform at least one of sending and receiving of data over the Internet via a cellular network.

4. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the data network is an Internet Protocol (IP) network, and

the wireless transceiver is configured to perform at least one of sending and receiving of data over the IP network using a routable address of the storage device.

5. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the wireless transceiver is configured to communicate over the data network using at least one of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth protocols.

6. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the media player device includes the biometric characteristic reader.

7. The computing device of claim 1, further comprising:

a multimedia adapter to register the computing device with the data network and enable multimedia calls via the data network.

8. A computing system, comprising:

a remote storage device in communication with a data network, the storage device storing a plurality of media assets;

a media player device in communication with the data network; and

a computing device removably connectable to the media player device, the computing device comprising;

a wireless transceiver configured to communicate wirelessly with the data network;

a processor configured to;

exchange media format processing capabilities with the media player device and to generate a user interface according to the received media format processing capabilities of the media player device, the user interface being configured by the processor to be displayed at the media player device to display a list of the media assets stored in the storage device,

to receive a user input from the media player device selecting a media asset from the displayed list of media assets, and

to access the selected media asset from the storage device; and

an external biometric characteristic reader configured to receive user biometric characteristic data to verify a user'"'"'s identity after a wireless connection with the media player device is established,

wherein;

the processor is further configured to access the selected media asset from the storage device via the wireless transceiver and the data network based on verification of the user'"'"'s identity, for display at the media player device; and

the user interface is further configured to filter the displayed list of stored media assets according to the received media format processing capabilities of the media player device to omit media assets that cannot be processed by the media player device.

9. The computing system of claim 8, wherein the data network is the Internet, and the storage device is connected to the Internet to perform at least one of sending and receiving of data over the Internet.

10. The computing system of claim 9, wherein the wireless transceiver includes a cellular transceiver, and

the wireless transceiver is configured to perform at least one of sending and receiving of data over the Internet via a cellular network.

11. The computing system of claim 8, wherein the data network is an Internet Protocol (IP) network, and

the wireless transceiver is configured to perform at least one of sending and receiving of data over the IP network using a routable address of the storage device.

12. The computing system of claim 8, wherein the wireless transceiver is configured to communicate over the data network using at least one of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth protocols.

13. The computing system of claim 8, wherein the media player device includes the biometric characteristic reader.

14. The computing device of claim 8, wherein the computing device further comprises:

a multimedia adapter to register the computing device with the data network and enable multimedia calls via the data network.

15. A method, comprising:

exchanging media format processing capabilities between a computing device and a media player device, the computing device being removably connectable to the media player device;

connecting the computing device to a storage device in communication with a data network, the storage device storing a plurality of media assets;

generating a user interface at the computing device according to the received media processing capabilities of the media player device, the user interface being displayed at the media player device to display a list of media assets stored in the storage device;

filtering, at the computing device, the displayed list of available media assets according to the received media processing capabilities of the media player device to omit media assets that cannot be processed by the media player device;

receiving, at the computing device, a user input at the user interface displayed at the media player device to select from the displayed list of media assets, and to access the selected media assets stored at the storage device via the computing device, the computing device being in wireless communication with the storage device via the data network, and the user interface being displayed on the media player device via a wired or wireless connection;

receiving, by an external biometric characteristic reader, a biometric characteristic of a user after the wireless connection with the media player device is established;

verifying an identity of the user based on the biometric characteristic of the user; and

wirelessly accessing the selected media asset stored at the storage device by the computing device based on the verifying the identity of the user, for display at the media player device.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the data network is the Internet, and the storage device is connected to the Internet to perform at least one of sending and receiving of data over the Internet.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the computing device includes a cellular transceiver, and

the computing device performs at least one of sending and receiving of data over the Internet via a cellular network.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the data network is an Internet Protocol (IP) network, and

the wireless transceiver is configured to perform at least one of sending and receiving of data over the IP network using a routable address of the storage device.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the computing device communicates with the storage device over the data network using at least one of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth protocols.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving the biometric characteristic from the media player device.

21. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

Registering the computing device with the data network to enable multimedia calls from the computing device via the data network.