CONFIGURABLE PERSONAL DIGITAL IDENTITY DEVICE WITH MOTION SENSOR RESPONSIVE TO USER INTERACTION

• US 20140266598A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sideassure Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Tyfone Incorporated
• Inventors: Narendra, Siva G., Tadepalli, Prabhakar, Chakraborty, Saurav, Bloodworth, Donald Allen
• Granted Patent: US 9,448,543 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.81
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 1/03 for comparing digital signals
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/35 communicating wirelessly
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2137 Time limited access, e.g. to a computer or data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/206 comprising security or operator identification provisions, e.g. password entry
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 2220/00 Business processing using cryptography postage metering system using cryptography G06Q2250/05
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0853 using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices H04L9/3234
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/068 using credential vaults, e.g. password manager applications or one time password [OTP] applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/68 Gesture-dependent or behaviour-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A personal digital ID device provides a digital identifier to a service for a predetermined duration in response to user interaction. The user interaction may include a button press. The personal digital ID device may be in the form of a bracelet, a key fob, or other form factor. The service may be provided by a mobile device, in the cloud, or elsewhere.

Claims

1. A personal digital ID device comprising:

a crypto/cipher engine having at least one digital identifier;

a button accessible to a user of the personal digital ID device;

a motion sensor to allow for sensing motion to be used for user authentication when the personal digital ID device undergoes a predefined motion;

a radio; and

a processor coupled to the crypto/cipher engine, the button, the motion sensor, and the radio, the processor configured to receive data describing motion of the personal digital ID device and to set a radio communication parameter in response to user interaction with the button.

2. The personal digital ID device of claim 1 wherein the radio communication parameter is a Bluetooth pairing parameter.

3. The personal digital ID device of claim 1 wherein the user interaction with the button comprises one button press.

4. The personal digital ID device of claim 1 wherein the user interaction with the button comprises two button presses.

5. The personal digital ID device of claim 1 wherein the user interaction with the button comprises a button press lasting longer than a predetermined threshold.

6. The personal digital ID device of claim 1 further comprising at least one light emitting diode (LED), the at least one LED reporting the radio communication parameter.

7. A personal digital ID device comprising:

a crypto/cipher engine having at least one digital identifier;

a battery;

a button accessible to a user of the personal digital ID device;

a motion sensor to allow for sensing motion to be used for user authentication when the personal digital ID device undergoes a predefined motion;

a radio; and

a processor coupled to the crypto/cipher engine, the button, the motion sensor, the battery, and the radio, the processor configured to receive data describing motion of the personal digital ID device from the motion sensor and to make the at least one digital identifier available to a service over a radio link in response to a first user interaction with the button and to set a radio communication parameter in response to a second user interaction with the button.

8. The personal digital ID device of claim 7 wherein the radio communication parameter is a Bluetooth pairing parameter.

9. The personal digital ID device of claim 7 wherein the second user interaction comprises one button press.

10. The personal digital ID device of claim 7 wherein the second user interaction comprises two button presses.

11. The personal digital ID device of claim 7 wherein the second user interaction comprises a button press lasting longer than a predetermined threshold.

12. The personal digital ID device of claim 7 further comprising at least one light emitting diode (LED), the at least one LED reporting the radio communication parameter.

13. The personal digital ID device of claim 7 wherein the radio communication parameter comprises a reset state.

14. The personal digital ID device of claim 7 wherein the radio comprises a near-field radio.

15. The personal digital ID device of claim 7 wherein the radio comprises a non-near-field radio.

16. A personal digital ID device comprising:

a crypto/cipher engine having at least one digital identifier;

a button accessible to a user of the personal digital ID device;

a motion sensor to allow for sensing motion to be used for user authentication when the personal digital ID device undergoes a predefined motion;

a near-field radio;

a non-near-field radio; and

a processor coupled to the crypto/cipher engine, the button, the motion sensor, the near-field radio, and the non-near-field radio, the processor configured to receive data describing motion of the personal digital ID device and to make the at least one digital identifier available to a service over a radio link in response to a first user interaction with the button and to set a radio communication parameter in response to a second user interaction with the button.

17. The personal digital ID device of claim 16 wherein the second user interaction comprises one button press.

18. The personal digital ID device of claim 16 wherein the second user interaction comprises two button presses.

19. The personal digital ID device of claim 16 wherein the second user interaction comprises a button press lasting longer than a predetermined threshold.

20. The personal digital ID device of claim 16 wherein the radio communication parameter comprises a reset state.