APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUTHENTICATION AND ACTIVATION FUNCTIONS TO A COMPUTING DEVICE
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1. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium:
- having computer usable program code executable to perform operations to authenticate and activate access to a computing device, the computer program product comprising;
a capture module that captures fingerprint information from a user finger;
a detection module that senses motion of the user finger and detects user finger motion corresponding to at least one predefined user finger action;
a fingerprint analysis module that compares the fingerprint information captured by the detection module to at least one set of fingerprint information stored in a repository, the fingerprint analysis module determining that the captured fingerprint information correlates to a set of fingerprint information from the at least one set of fingerprint information; and
an unlock module that activates an interface of a computing device in response to the detection module detecting a predefined user finger action of the at least one predefined user finger action and the fingerprint analysis module determining a correlation between the captured fingerprint information and the set of fingerprint information from the at least one set of fingerprint information stored in the repository.
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Abstract
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for authenticating and activating access to a computing device that captures fingerprint information from a user finger and compares the captured fingerprint information to stored fingerprint information to determine an authenticating correlation. The apparatus, system, and method also sense finger motion to detect a predefined user finger action that leads to the activation of an interface or an application.
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25 Claims
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1. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium:
- having computer usable program code executable to perform operations to authenticate and activate access to a computing device, the computer program product comprising;
a capture module that captures fingerprint information from a user finger; a detection module that senses motion of the user finger and detects user finger motion corresponding to at least one predefined user finger action; a fingerprint analysis module that compares the fingerprint information captured by the detection module to at least one set of fingerprint information stored in a repository, the fingerprint analysis module determining that the captured fingerprint information correlates to a set of fingerprint information from the at least one set of fingerprint information; and an unlock module that activates an interface of a computing device in response to the detection module detecting a predefined user finger action of the at least one predefined user finger action and the fingerprint analysis module determining a correlation between the captured fingerprint information and the set of fingerprint information from the at least one set of fingerprint information stored in the repository. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- having computer usable program code executable to perform operations to authenticate and activate access to a computing device, the computer program product comprising;
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9. A method for authenticating and activating an application of a computing device, the method comprising:
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capturing fingerprint information from a user finger; comparing the fingerprint information to at least one set of fingerprint information; determining that the captured fingerprint information correlates to a set of fingerprint information from the at least one set of fingerprint information; sensing motion of the user finger; detecting user finger motion corresponding to at least one detectable predefined user finger action; and activating an interface in response to detecting a user finger motion corresponding to at least one detectable predefined user finger action. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system to authenticate and activate access to a computing device with a touch screen display, the system comprising:
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a computing device comprising a memory and a processor; a multi-point touch-sensitive screen coupled to the computing device; an authentication module coupled to the multi-point touch-sensitive screen that allows access to a set of applications on the computing device based on fingerprint information that the authentication module captures from a user finger placed on the multi-point touch-sensitive screen; and an activation module that activates an application menu that accesses the set of applications based on a predefined user finger action made by the user finger on the multi-point touch-sensitive screen. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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