System, device, and method of secure utilization of fingerprints for user authentication
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- (a) capturing a fingerprint that a particular user provides to an electronic device during a first usage-session of said particular user with said electronic device; and
generating a raw fingerprint signature that corresponds to bodily features of the fingerprint of said particular user;
wherein said capturing is performed by a first input unit of said electronic device, the first input unit being a fingerprint scanning unit of said electronic device;
(b) monitoring user interactions of said particular user, during a second, different, usage-session of said particular user with said electronic device, via a second, different, input unit of said electronic device, wherein said monitoring is performed by said second input unit which is an input unit selected from the group consisting of;
accelerometer, gyroscope, device spatial-orientation sensor; and
extracting from said user interactions a user-specific behavioral characteristic that is specific to the interactions of said particular user with said electronic device;
(c) generating a user-specific reference fused data-item, by hashing together;
(I) the raw fingerprint signature that was generated in step (a) based on the fingerprint as scanned by said first input unit during said first usage-session, and (II) the user-specific behavioral characteristic that was extracted in step (b) based on user interactions monitored via said second input unit during said second usage-session;
(d) subsequently, utilizing said reference fused data-item that was generated in step (c), as a reference value for user-authentication of said particular user.
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Abstract
System, device, and method of secure utilization of fingerprints for user authentication. A method includes: capturing a fingerprint that a particular user provides to an electronic device; generating a raw fingerprint signature that corresponds to bodily features of the fingerprint of the particular user; monitoring user interactions of the particular user, during the capturing of the raw fingerprint, via one or more input units of the electronic device; extracting from the monitored user interactions a user-specific characteristic that is user-specific to the interactions of the particular user; generating a user-specific reference fused data-item, by utilizing both: (I) the raw fingerprint signature that was generated, and (II) the user-specific characteristic that was extracted; subsequently, utilizing the reference fused data-item as a reference for user-authentication.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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(a) capturing a fingerprint that a particular user provides to an electronic device during a first usage-session of said particular user with said electronic device; and
generating a raw fingerprint signature that corresponds to bodily features of the fingerprint of said particular user;
wherein said capturing is performed by a first input unit of said electronic device, the first input unit being a fingerprint scanning unit of said electronic device;(b) monitoring user interactions of said particular user, during a second, different, usage-session of said particular user with said electronic device, via a second, different, input unit of said electronic device, wherein said monitoring is performed by said second input unit which is an input unit selected from the group consisting of;
accelerometer, gyroscope, device spatial-orientation sensor; and
extracting from said user interactions a user-specific behavioral characteristic that is specific to the interactions of said particular user with said electronic device;(c) generating a user-specific reference fused data-item, by hashing together;
(I) the raw fingerprint signature that was generated in step (a) based on the fingerprint as scanned by said first input unit during said first usage-session, and (II) the user-specific behavioral characteristic that was extracted in step (b) based on user interactions monitored via said second input unit during said second usage-session;(d) subsequently, utilizing said reference fused data-item that was generated in step (c), as a reference value for user-authentication of said particular user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A process comprising:
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(a) capturing a fingerprint that a particular user provides to an electronic device during a first usage-session of said particular user with said electronic device; and
generating a raw fingerprint signature that corresponds to bodily features of the fingerprint of said particular user;
wherein said capturing is performed by a first input unit of said electronic device, the first input unit being a fingerprint scanning unit of said electronic device; and
generating a hashed value of said raw fingerprint signature;(b) monitoring user interactions of said particular user, during a second, different, usage-session of said particular user with said electronic device, via a second, different, input unit of said electronic device, wherein said monitoring is performed by said second input unit which is an input unit selected from the group consisting of;
accelerometer, gyroscope, device spatial-orientation sensor; and
extracting from said user interactions a user-specific behavioral characteristic that is specific to the interactions of said particular user with said electronic device; and
generating a hashed value of said user-specific behavioral characteristic;(c) generating a user-specific reference fused data-item, by hashing together;
(I) the hashed value of the raw fingerprint signature that was generated in step (a) based on the fingerprint as scanned by said first input unit during said first usage-session, and (II) the hashed value of the user-specific behavioral characteristic that was extracted in step (b) based on user interactions monitored via said second input unit during said second usage-session;(d) subsequently, utilizing said reference fused data-item that was generated in step (c), as a reference value for user-authentication of said particular user.
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