Secure profile setting in a shared device

• US 20080100414A1
• Filed: 10/30/2006
• Published: 05/01/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Broadcom Corporation (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Diab, Wael W., Issa, Mohammad
• Granted Patent: US 8,395,478 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.1
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 1/01 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/35 communicating wirelessly
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2115 Third party
• 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: H04W 12/08 Access security

Abstract

There is provided a system for secure profile setting that includes at least one shared device and an RFID reader module embedded in the at least one shared device. The system further includes a database that is in communication with the at least one shared device. In the system, an RFID transponder module associated with a user transmits a signal that enables the at least one shared device to identify the user. The RFID transponder module can include a fingerprint scanner module, which can be used to acquire a user'"'"'s fingerprint data to authenticate the user. Thus, after identifying the user, the at least one shared device retrieves a profile corresponding to the user from the database and sets the profile.

Claims

1. A system for secure profile setting comprising:

at least one shared device;

an RFID reader module embedded in said at least one shared device;

a database in communication with said at least one shared device;

an RFID transponder module;

wherein the RFID transponder module is associated with a user and is configured to transmit a signal that enables said at least one shared device to identify said user, thereby allowing said at least one shared device to retrieve a profile corresponding to said user from said database and to set said profile.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said RFID transponder module is configured to acquire fingerprint data from said user and to transmit said signal if said fingerprint data matches a fingerprint template stored in said RFID transponder module.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein said RFID transponder module is configured to acquire fingerprint data from said user and to include said fingerprint data and a fingerprint template stored in said RFID transponder module in said signal.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein said at least one shared device identifies said user by matching a voice template stored in said transponder to a voice of said user.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein said RFID transponder module includes a fingerprint scanner.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein said at least one shared device is a Voice over IP (VoIP) telephone.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein said at least one shared device is a laptop computer.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein said at least one shared device is a cellular telephone

9. The system of claim 1 wherein said at least one shared device is a motor vehicle.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein said at least one shared device is a computer terminal coupled to a network.

11. A method for secure profile setting of at least one shared device, said at least one shared device having an embedded RFID reader module and being in communication with a database, said method comprising:

receiving a signal from an RFID transponder module associated with a user to said at least one shared device;

identifying said user using said signal;

retrieving a profile of said user from said database;

setting said profile in said at least one shared device.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein said RFID transponder module is configured to acquire fingerprint data from said user and to include said fingerprint data and a fingerprint template stored in said RFID transponder module in said signal.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein said RFID transponder module is configured to acquire fingerprint data from said user, said method further comprises matching said fingerprint data to a fingerprint template stored in said RFID transponder module.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein said transmitting is performed if said fingerprint data matches said finger print template.

15. The method of claim 11 wherein said at least one shared device identifies said user by matching a voice template stored in said RFID transponder module to a voice sample of said user.

16. The method of claim 11 wherein said at least one shared device is a Voice over IP (VoIP) telephone.

17. The method of claim 11 wherein said at least one shared device is a laptop computer

18. The method of claim 11 wherein said at least one shared device is a cellular s telephone.

19. The method of claim 11 wherein said at least one shared device is a motor vehicle.

20. The method of claim 11 wherein said at least one shared device is a computer terminal coupled to a network.