System and method for controlling access to personal information

• US 20020193142A1
• Filed: 04/15/2002
• Published: 12/19/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: Andersson, Stefan, Stavenow, Bengt
• Application Number:
  US10/123,506
• Publication Number:
  US 20020193142A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/556.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/41 where a single sign-on provides access to a plurality of computers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2153 Using hardware token as a secondary aspect

Abstract

A mobile communications device includes a fingerprint scanner for generating a scanned fingerprint output data responsive to a scanned fingerprint. The scanned fingerprint output is compared to a reference fingerprint pattern such that a code memo application containing a plurality of data entries each having an associated identifier may be temporarily accessed during a selected period of time if the scanned fingerprint output data matches the reference fingerprint pattern. During the selected period, one of the plurality of data entries may be selected and inserted into a dialog.

Claims

1. A computing device, comprising:

a fingerprint scanner for generating a scanned fingerprint output data responsive to a scanned fingerprint;

a reference fingerprint pattern; and

a code memo application containing at least one piece of data having an identifier associated therewith, wherein said code memo application is accessible for only a selected period of time if the scanned fingerprint output data matches the reference fingerprint pattern.

2. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the code memo application inserts a selected piece of data into a dialog.

3. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the code memo application selects and inserts at least one piece of data into a dialog responsive to a tag within a received request.

4. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the code memo application selects and inserts the at least one piece of data into a dialog responsive to determination of an application providing a request.

5. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the computing device comprises a mobile communication device.

6. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the code memo application further displays the identifier associated with the at least one piece of data for selection by a user during the selected period of time.

7. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the code memo application further comprises:

a memory for storing the at least one piece of data and the associated identifier, said memory accessible only during the selected period of time.

8. The computing device of claim 7, wherein the memory further stores an application associated with the at least one piece of data.

9. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the at least one piece of data comprises at least one PIN number.

10. The computing device of claim 1, further including a password generator for generating a password for combination with the at least one piece of data.

11. A mobile communications device, comprising:

a fingerprint scanner for generating a scanned fingerprint output data responsive to a scanned fingerprint,

a reference fingerprint pattern for comparison to the scanned fingerprint output data; and

a code memo application containing a plurality of data entries, each of said plurality of data entries have a text label associated therewith, wherein said code memo application is configured to display text labels associated with the plurality of data entries and provide access to the plurality of data entries for a selected period of time if the scanned fingerprint output data matches the reference fingerprint pattern, said code memo application further configured to insert a selected data entry into a dialog responsive to selection of a text label associated with the selected data entry.

12. The mobile communication device of claim 11, wherein the code memo application selects and inserts the selected data entry into a dialog responsive to a tag within a received request.

13. The mobile communication device of claim 11, wherein the code memo application selects and inserts the selected data entry into a dialog responsive to determination of an application providing a request

14. The mobile communication device of claim 11, wherein the code memo application further comprises:

a memory for storing the plurality of data entries and the associated text labels, said memory accessible only during the selected period of time.

15. The mobile communication device of claim 14, wherein the memory further stores an application associated with each of the plurality of data entries.

16. The mobile communication device of claim 11, wherein the plurality of data entries comprises a plurality of PIN numbers.

17. The mobile communication device of claim 11, further including a password generator for generating a password for combination with the at least one piece of data.

19. The mobile communications device of claim 18, wherein the control logic selects and inserts the selected PIN number into the dialog responsive to a tag within a received request.

20. The mobile communications device of claim 18, wherein the control logic selects and inserts the selected PIN number into the dialog response to determination of an application providing a request.

21. The mobile communications device of claim 18, wherein the memory further stores an application associated with each of the plurality of PIN numbers.

22. The mobile communication devices of claim 18, further including a password generator for generating a password for combination with a PIN number.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the step of selecting further comprises the steps of:

displaying the associated identifiers for each of the plurality of data entries during the selected time period; and

receiving a selection input of one of the associated identifiers corresponding to the selected data entry.

25. The method of claim 23, wherein the step of selecting further comprises the steps of.

identifying a tag associated with a request for one of the plurality of data entries;

determining a data entry of the plurality of data entries associated with the tag; and

selecting the data entry associated with the tag as the selected data entry.

26. The method of claim 23, wherein the step of selecting further comprises the steps of:

determining an application making a request for one of the plurality of data entries;

accessing the plurality of data entries having associated identifiers, each of the plurality of data entries further having an application indicator associated therewith to determine a data entry associated with the application; and

selecting the data entry associated with the identified application.

18. A mobile communication device, comprising:

a fingerprint scanner for generating a scanned fingerprint output data responsive to a scanned fingerprint;

a reference fingerprint pattern;

a memory for storing a plurality of PIN numbers each of said PIN numbers having a text label associated therewith, said memory accessible for only a selected period of time;

a user interface;

control logic for comparing the scanned fingerprint output data to the reference fingerprint pattern and providing access to the memory for the selected period of time if the scanned fingerprint output data and the reference fingerprint pattern match, for displaying the text labels associated with each of the plurality of PIN numbers on the user interface, and for inserting a selected PIN number into a dialog responsive to selection of a text label associated with the selected PIN number.

23. A method for controlling access to user data, comprising the steps of:

receiving a scanned fingerprint output from a fingerprint scanner;

comparing the scanned fingerprint output to a reference fingerprint pattern;

providing access to a plurality of data entries having associated identifiers for a selected period of time if the scanned fingerprint output matches the reference fingerprint pattern;

selecting one of the plurality of data entries during the selected period of time; and

inserting a selected data entry into a dialog.