COMPARISON OF AN APPLIED GESTURE ON A TOUCH SCREEN OF A MOBILE DEVICE WITH A REMOTELY STORED SECURITY GESTURE

• US 20110187497A1
• Filed: 04/11/2011
• Published: 08/04/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: David H. Chin
• Original Assignee: David H. Chin
• Inventors: CHIN, DAVID H.
• Granted Patent: US 9,024,890 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.54
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/00 Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/36 by graphic or iconic representation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/32 including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system or for message authentication, e.g. authorization, entity authentication, data integrity or data verification, non-repudiation, key authentication or verification of credentials
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/68 Gesture-dependent or behaviour-dependent

Abstract

A method of a mobile device comparing an applied gesture on a touch screen of a mobile device with a remotely stored security gesture is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of a mobile device includes determining that an applied gesture on a touch screen of a mobile device in a locked state is associated with a user-defined gesture, comparing the applied gesture on the touch screen of the mobile device with a designated security gesture stored in a remote computer server, and unlocking the mobile device when the applied gesture on the touch screen of the mobile device in a dormant state matches the designated security gesture stored in the remote computer server.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining that an applied gesture on a touch screen of a mobile device in a locked state is associated with a user-defined gesture;

comparing the applied gesture on the touch screen of the mobile device with a designated security gesture stored in a remote computer server; and

unlocking the mobile device when the applied gesture on the touch screen of the mobile device in a dormant state matches the designated security gesture stored in the remote computer server.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising unlocking another mobile device of the user in the locked state when an another gesture on an another touch screen of an another mobile device matches the designated security gesture stored in the remote computer server, and when the another gesture is determined to be the user-defined gesture.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising remotely enabling the user to define the user-defined gesture.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising remotely enabling the user to access the mobile device if the user-defined gesture is unsuccessful.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising enabling remote disablement of one or more mobile devices associated with the user-defined gesture.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising permitting a user-defined gesture when there is no network connectivity that allows access to an application and data resident on the mobile device without permitting access to an another application and other data resident on the mobile device.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the applied gesture and the user-defined gesture may or may not be dependent on a scale value or a position value within an input area of the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the applied gesture and the user-defined gesture may be applied with or without the use of a visual template.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the applied gesture and the user-defined gesture may be performed on a touch-receptive area of the mobile device, which may not be the touch screen of the mobile device.

10. A method of remote computer server based access of a mobile device comprising:

accepting a user-defined gesture as an input on a mobile device;

transmitting the user-defined gesture to a remote computer server;

storing the user-defined gesture in the remote computer server;

comparing an applied gesture on the mobile device to the user-defined gesture stored in the remote computer server;

sending an authorizing signal to permit access to the mobile device if the applied gesture on the mobile device matches the user-defined gesture; and

allowing the unlocked mobile device to operate locally as a mobile device.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the mobile device is at least one of a mobile phone, a mobile tablet computer, a mobile media player, a mobile gaming device, and a mobile navigation device.

12. The method of claim 10 further comprising permitting access to a remote resource and interaction with a remote computer server to utilize a plurality of remote computer resources.

13. The method of claim 10 further comprising permitting access to a feature of the mobile device if the applied gesture on the mobile device matches the user-defined gesture stored on the remote computer server.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the feature of the mobile device is at least one of a contact list, a media player application, a web browser program, an email account, a voicemail system, an e-book reader, a game player, a camera, a scanner, a mobile teleconferencing system, a GPS navigation device and an electronic payment device.

15. The method of claim 10 wherein the applied gesture and the user-defined gesture may or may not be dependent on a scale value or a position value within an input area of the mobile device.

16. The method of claim 10 wherein the applied gesture and the user-defined gesture may be applied with or without the use of a visual template.

17. The method of claim 10 wherein the applied gesture and the user-defined gesture may be performed on a touch-receptive area of the mobile device, which may not be the touch screen of the mobile device.

18. A method of accessing a remote resource stored on a remote computer server on a mobile device comprising:

storing a user-defined gesture in a remote computer server;

accepting an applied gesture as the input on a mobile device;

transmitting the applied gesture to the remote computer server;

comparing the applied gesture applied on the mobile device to the user-defined gesture stored in the remote computer server;

determining that the applied gesture matches the user-defined gesture stored in the remote computer server;

sending an authorizing signal to the mobile device to permit access to a resource stored in the remote computer server; and

allowing the mobile device to access the resource stored in the remote computer server.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein the applied gesture and the user-defined gesture may or may not be dependent on a scale value or a position value within an input area of the mobile device.

20. The method of claim 18 wherein the applied gesture and the user-defined gesture may be applied with or without the use of a visual template.

21. The method of claim 18 wherein the applied gesture and the user-defined gesture may be performed on a touch-receptive area of the mobile device, which may not be the touch screen of the mobile device.

22. A method of a mobile device comprising:

storing a user-defined gesture in a mobile device;

accepting an applied gesture as an input of the mobile device;

determining whether the applied gesture is associated with the user-defined gesture stored in the mobile device;

sending an authorizing signal to the mobile device to permit access to a resource stored in the remote computer server; and

allowing the mobile device to access the resource stored in the remote computer server.

23. The method of claim 22 wherein the applied gesture and the user-defined gesture may or may not be dependent on a scale value or a position value within an input area of the mobile device.

24. The method of claim 22 wherein the applied gesture and the user-defined gesture may be applied with or without the use of a visual template.

25. The method of claim 22 wherein the applied gesture and the user-defined gesture may be performed on a touch-receptive area of the mobile device, which may not be the touch screen of the mobile device.

26. A method to securely access a plurality of resources in a remote computer server by applying a gesture, comprising the steps of:

storing a user-defined gesture in a remote computer server;

designating the user-defined gesture as a single sign-on gesture such that the single sign-on gesture single-handedly permits access to a plurality of otherwise restricted Internet sites in a public web and resources hosted in one or more remote computer servers;

accepting an applied gesture as an input on a mobile device;

transmitting the applied gesture to the remote computer server;

determining whether the applied gesture is associated with the user-defined gesture stored in the remote computer server;

permitting access with the single sign-on gesture to a plurality of Internet sites in the public web that require a username and a password for authentication via the remote computer server and on the mobile device when an association is made between the user-defined gesture and the applied gesture; and

denying access to a plurality of Internet sites in the public web that require a username and a password for authentication via the remote computer server and on the mobile device when an association fails to be made between the user-defined gesture and the applied gesture.

27. The method of claim 26 wherein the plurality of websites in the public web that require a username and a password comprises at least one of a social networking website such that the social networking website permits access via the remote computer server and on the mobile device with the usage of the single sign-on gesture and without requiring the entering of the username and the password.

28. The method of claim 26 wherein the applied gesture and the user-defined gesture may or may not be dependent on a scale value or a position value within an input area of the mobile device.

29. The method of claim 26 wherein the applied gesture and the user-defined gesture may be applied with or without the use of a visual template.

30. The method of claim 26 wherein the applied gesture and the user-defined gesture may be performed on a touch-receptive area of the mobile device, which may not be the touch screen of the mobile device.