KEYBOARD AS BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION DEVICE
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving a signal indicative of a keypress of at least one key of a keyboard communicatively coupled to a computing device, and indicative of at least one physical characteristic associated with the keypress;
comparing the at least one physical characteristic to at least one stored physical characteristic associated with at least one authorized user of the computing device;
determining if the keypress is associated with at least one authorized user of the computing device based on the comparison; and
refining the at least one stored physical characteristic in response to determining that the at least one physical characteristic has changed to an extent consistent with a physical change of an authorized user.
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Abstract
Various embodiments are generally directed to use of a keyboard as a biometric authentication device. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus comprises a processor circuit executing a sequence of instructions causing the processor circuit to receive a signal indicative of a keypress of at least one key of a keyboard communicatively coupled to the apparatus, and indicative of at least one physical characteristic associated with the keypress; compare the at least one physical characteristic to at least one stored physical characteristic associated with at least one authorized user of the apparatus; and determine if the keypress is associated with at least one authorized user of the apparatus based on the comparison. Other embodiments are described and claimed herein.
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30 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving a signal indicative of a keypress of at least one key of a keyboard communicatively coupled to a computing device, and indicative of at least one physical characteristic associated with the keypress; comparing the at least one physical characteristic to at least one stored physical characteristic associated with at least one authorized user of the computing device; determining if the keypress is associated with at least one authorized user of the computing device based on the comparison; and refining the at least one stored physical characteristic in response to determining that the at least one physical characteristic has changed to an extent consistent with a physical change of an authorized user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. (canceled)
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12. An apparatus comprising:
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a first processor circuit; and a first storage communicatively coupled to the first processor circuit and storing a first sequence of instructions that when executed by the first processor circuit, causes the first processor circuit to; receive a signal indicative of a keypress of at least one key of a keyboard communicatively coupled to the apparatus, and indicative of at least one physical characteristic associated with the keypress; compare the at least one physical characteristic to at least one stored physical characteristic associated with at least one authorized user of the apparatus; determine if the keypress is associated with at least one authorized user of the apparatus based on the comparison; and refine the at least one stored physical characteristic in response to determining that the at least one physical characteristic has changed to an extent consistent with a physical change of an authorized user. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. (canceled)
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26. At least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising a plurality of instructions that when executed by a computing device, causes the computing device to:
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receive a signal indicative of a keypress of at least one key of a keyboard communicatively coupled to the computing device, and indicative of at least one physical characteristic associated with the keypress; compare the at least one physical characteristic to at least one stored physical characteristic associated with at least one authorized user of the computing device; determine if the keypress is associated with at least one authorized user of the computing device based on the comparison; and refine the at least one stored physical characteristic in response to determining that the at least one physical characteristic has changed to an extent consistent with a physical change of an authorized user. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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29. An apparatus comprising:
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a first processor circuit; a second processor circuit; a first storage communicatively coupled to the first processor circuit and storing a first sequence of instructions that when executed by the first processor circuit, causes the first processor circuit to; receive a signal indicative of a keypress of at least one key of a keyboard communicatively coupled to the apparatus, and indicative of at least one physical characteristic associated with the keypress; compare the at least one physical characteristic to at least one stored physical characteristic associated with at least one authorized user of the apparatus; determine if the keypress is associated with at least one authorized user of the apparatus based on the comparison; refine the at least one stored physical characteristic in response to determining that the at least one physical characteristic has changed to an extent consistent with a physical change of an authorized user; and signal the second processor circuit to place the apparatus in an unlocked mode allowing access to a first data in response to determining that the keypress is associated with at least one authorized user and in response to the apparatus being in a locked mode denying access to the first data; and a second storage communicatively coupled to the second processor circuit and storing a second sequence of instructions that when executed by the second processor circuit, causes the second processor circuit to place the apparatus in the unlocked mode in response to receiving the signal from the first processor circuit to place the apparatus in the unlocked mode. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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