SECURE AND CONVENIENT AUTHENTICATION

• US 20140181958A1
• Filed: 12/26/2012
• Published: 06/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: NOSACK, CHRISTOPHER A.
• Application Number:
  US13/726,722
• Publication Number:
  US 20140181958A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/19
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints

Abstract

The claimed subject matter provides an apparatus for facilitating no-look one-handed authentication. The apparatus includes logic to identify whether a user-manipulatable input is in one of a plurality of possible states for a time period, and authenticate a user based at least partially on identification that the user-manipulatable input is in the one of the plurality of possible states for the time period.

Claims

1. An apparatus to facilitate authentication, the apparatus comprising:

logic, the logic at least partially including hardware logic, the logic to;

identify whether a user-manipulatable input is in one of a plurality of possible states for a time period; and

authenticate a user based at least partially on identification that the user-manipulatable input is in the one of the plurality of possible states for the time period.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the user-manipulatable input includes a button and the plurality of possible states includes a state in which the button is pressed and another state in which the button is not pressed.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the user-manipulatable input includes a switch and the plurality of possible states includes a plurality of different positions into which the switch can be distinguishably manipulated.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the user-manipulatable input includes a tilt angle sensor and the plurality of possible states includes a plurality of different tilt angles at which the tilt angle sensor can be distinguishably manipulated.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is part of a system that includes one of:

a computing device, a vehicle, at least a portion of a door, and a financial transaction apparatus.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the logic is to identify whether the user-manipulatable input is in another one of the plurality of possible states for another time period, and

wherein the logic does authentication of the user further based at least partially on identification that the user-manipulatable input is in the other one of the plurality of possible states for the another time period.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the logic is to identify whether another user-manipulatable input is in one of a plurality of possible states for another time period, and

wherein the logic does authentication of the user further based at least partially on identification that the other user-manipulatable input is in the one of the plurality of possible states for the another time period.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the logic is to:

measure a time during which a user-manipulatable input is in one of a plurality of possible states; and

compare the measured time to the time period to identify whether the user-manipulatable input is in the one of a plurality of possible states for the time period.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the logic is to tolerate a difference between the measured time and the time period that is within a tolerance limit when the logic identifies whether the user-manipulatable input is in the one of a plurality of possible states for the time period.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the time period is re-configurable.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, having instructions thereon to cause a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

identify whether a user-manipulatable input is in one of a plurality of possible states for a time period; and

authenticate a user based at least partially on identification that the user-manipulatable input is in the one of the plurality of possible states for the time period.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the user-manipulatable input includes a button and the plurality of possible states includes a state in which the button is pressed and another state in which the button is not pressed.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the user-manipulatable input includes a switch and the plurality of possible states includes a plurality of different positions into which the switch can be distinguishably manipulated.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the user-manipulatable input includes a tilt angle sensor and the plurality of possible states includes a plurality of different tilt angles at which the tilt angle sensor can be distinguishably manipulated.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the processor is part of a system that includes one of:

a portable communications device, a vehicle, at least a portion of a door, and a financial transaction apparatus.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

identify whether the user-manipulatable input is in another one of the plurality of possible states for another time period,

wherein authentication of the user is further based at least partially on identification that the user-manipulatable input is in the other one of the plurality of possible states for the another time period.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

identify whether another user-manipulatable input is in one of a plurality of possible states for another time period,

wherein the logic does authentication of the user further based at least partially on identification that the other user-manipulatable input is in the one of the plurality of possible states for the another time period.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein to identify whether the user-manipulatable input is in one of a plurality of possible states for the time period the operations further comprise:

measure a time during which the user-manipulatable input is in the one of a plurality of possible states; and

compare the measured time to the time period.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein to compare the measured time to the time period, the operations further comprise:

tolerate a difference between the measured time and the time period that is within a tolerance limit.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the time period is re-configurable.

22. A computing device comprising:

a button;

a display;

logic, the logic at least partially including hardware logic, the logic to;

display information on the display to prompt a user for authentication input;

identify whether the button is in one of a plurality of possible states for a time period; and

authenticate the user based at least partially on identification that the button is in the one of the plurality of possible states for the time period.

23. The computing device of claim 22, wherein the plurality of possible states includes a state in which the button is pressed and another state in which the button is not pressed.

24. The computing device of claim 22, wherein the logic is to identify whether the button is in another one of the plurality of possible states for another time period, and

wherein the logic does authentication of the user further based at least partially on identification that the user-manipulatable input is in the other one of the plurality of possible states for the another time period.

25. The computing device of claim 22, wherein the logic is to identify whether another button is in one of a plurality of possible states for another time period, and

wherein the logic does authentication of the user further based at least partially on identification that the other button is in the one of the plurality of possible states for the another time period.

26. The computing device of claim 22, wherein the logic is to:

measure a time during which a user-manipulatable input is in one of a plurality of possible states;

compare the measured time to the time period; and

identify the user-manipulatable input as being in the one of a plurality of possible states for the time period if a difference between the measured time and the time period is within a tolerance limit.

27. The computing device of claim 22, wherein the time period is re-configurable.

28. The computing device of claim 22, wherein the logic is to display a notification of authentication failure on the display if user is not authenticated.