User authentication and data encryption

• US 10,437,970 B2
• Filed: 10/22/2017
• Issued: 10/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: R2 Solutions LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Excalibur IP, LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Inventors: Holz, Christian, Knaust, Marius, Ayyangar, Rajiv, Buthpitiya, Senaka, Jin, Haojian
• Primary Examiner(s): Poltorak, Piotr
• Application Number:
  US15/790,015
• Publication Number:
  US 20180060547A1
• Time in Patent Office: 716 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes

Abstract

A user is authenticated based on feature data of a target such as a body-part or other object obtained by a touchscreen of a computing device. When the user positions the target to interact with the touchscreen, interaction data is gathered. Feature data of the target is determined from the gathered interaction data. The feature data is used to identify one or more of the target and the user. Various actions are executed based on the identification and authentication of the user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a first computing device, input provided by a user to connect to at least one disparate second computing device via a communication network;

identifying, via the first computing device, a second computing device on the communication network;

connecting, by the first computing device, to the second computing device via the communication network;

identifying, via the first computing device, a target associated with a touchscreen associated with the first computing device, said target comprising information associated with a body-part of the user;

determining, by the first computing device, based on the identified target, feature data of the target, said feature data comprising biometric information of the body-part;

analyzing, via the first computing device, said feature data;

determining, via the first computing device, that an electronic information exchange is authorized with said second computing device based on the feature data analysis;

receiving, by the first computing device, information associated with a second input, said second input being resultant of a shaking motion performed by the first computing device, said second input information comprising data indicating said shaking motion of the first computing device; and

executing, by the first computing device, said electronic information exchange based on said determined authorization and said second input, said information exchange comprises transmitting an electronic document encrypted with the biometric information of the user'"'"'s body part to the second computing device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said information exchange further comprises the first computing device

receiving an electronic document from the second computing device.

3. A first computing device comprising:

a touchscreen;

a processor; and

a processor-readable non-transitory storage medium comprising programming logic, the programming logic comprising;

logic executed by the processor for receiving, at the first computing device, input provided by a user to connect to at least one disparate second computing device via a communication network;

logic executed by the processor for identifying, via the first computing device, a second computing device on the communication network;

logic executed by the processor for connecting, by the first computing device, to the second computing device via the communication network;

logic executed by the processor for identifying, via the first computing device, a target associated with the touchscreen, said target comprising information associated with a body-part of the user;

logic executed by the processor for determining, by the first computing device, based on the identified target, feature data of the target, said feature data comprising biometric information of the body-part;

logic executed by the processor for analyzing, via the first computing device, said feature data;

logic executed by the processor for determining, via the first computing device, that an electronic information exchange is authorized with said second computing device based on the feature data analysis;

logic executed by the processor for receiving, by the first computing device, information associated with a second input, said second input being resultant of a shaking motion performed by the first computing device, said second input information comprising data indicating said shaking motion of the first computing device; and

logic executed by the processor for executing, by the first computing device, said electronic information exchange based on said determined authorization and said second input, said information exchange comprises transmitting an electronic document encrypted with the biometric information of the user'"'"'s body part to the second computing device.

4. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium tangibly encoded with computer-executable instructions, that when executed by a first computing device, performs a method comprising:

receiving, at the first computing device, input provided by a user to connect to at least one disparate second computing device via a communication network;

identifying, via the first computing device, a second computing device on the communication network;

connecting, by the first computing device, to the second computing device via the communication network;

identifying, via the first computing device, a target associated with a touchscreen associated with the first computing device, said target comprising information associated with a body-part of the user;

determining, by the first computing device, based on the identified target, feature data of the target, said feature data comprising biometric information of the body-part;

analyzing, via the first computing device, said feature data;

determining, via the first computing device, that an electronic information exchange is authorized with said second computing device based on the feature data analysis;

receiving, by the first computing device, information associated with a second input, said second input being resultant of a shaking motion performed by the first computing device, said second input information comprising data indicating said shaking motion of the first computing device; and

executing, by the first computing device, said electronic information exchange based on said determined authorization and said second input, said information exchange comprises transmitting an electronic document encrypted with the biometric information of the user'"'"'s body part to the second computing device.