RUNNING APPLICATIONS, AND AUTHENTICATING USERS

• US 20150294101A1
• Filed: 06/26/2015
• Published: 10/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: WEN, Yanjie
• Application Number:
  US14/752,378
• Publication Number:
  US 20150294101A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0338 Fingerprint track pad, i.e. fingerprint sensor used as pointing device tracking the fingertip image
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04104 Multi-touch detection in digitiser, i.e. details about the simultaneous detection of a plurality of touching locations, e.g. multiple fingers or pen and finger
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2113 Multi-level security, e.g. mandatory access control
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/065 Continuous authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

Various examples provide a method and an apparatus of running applications. When a user clicks on an icon of an application displayed on a touch screen, a fingerprint is collected. It is judged whether the collected fingerprint matches with a stored fingerprint. A user interface of the application is displayed if the collected fingerprint matches with the stored fingerprint. Various examples also provide a method and an apparatus of authenticating users. When a user clicks on an area for authentication in a user interface of an application displayed on a touch screen, a fingerprint is collected. It is judged whether the collected fingerprint matches with a stored fingerprint. It is determined the user has passed user authentication if the collected fingerprint matches with the stored fingerprint.

Claims

1. A method of running applications, comprising:

collecting a fingerprint when a finger clicks on an icon of an application displayed on a touch screen; and

judging whether the fingerprint collected matches with a stored fingerprint, and displaying a user interface of the application if the fingerprint collected matches with the stored fingerprint.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the judging whether the fingerprint collected matches with a stored fingerprint comprises:

comparing the fingerprint collected with a fingerprint stored in a terminal device that has the touch screen.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the judging whether the fingerprint collected matches with a stored fingerprint comprises:

judging whether the fingerprint collected matches with a fingerprint stored in a database of the application.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the judging whether the fingerprint collected matches with a stored fingerprint comprises:

judging whether the fingerprint collected matches with a fingerprint stored in a third party application.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the judging whether the fingerprint collected matches with a stored fingerprint comprises:

sending the fingerprint collected to a background server which judges whether the fingerprint collected matches with a fingerprint stored in the background server; and

receiving a result returned by the background server.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the user interface of the application comprises:

deferring displaying the user interface of the application after the finger clicks on the icon of the application and before judging whether the fingerprint collected matches with the stored fingerprint, and displaying the user interface of the application if the fingerprint collected matches with the stored fingerprint.

7. An apparatus of running applications, comprising:

a processor and a memory, wherein the memory comprises a series of instructions executable by the processor to carry out the actions of;

collecting a fingerprint when a finger clicks on an icon of an application displayed on a touch screen; and

judging whether the fingerprint collected matches with a stored fingerprint, and displaying a user interface of the application if the collected fingerprint matches with the stored fingerprint.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the judging whether the fingerprint collected matches with a stored fingerprint comprises:

judging whether the fingerprint collected matches with a fingerprint stored in the apparatus.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the judging whether the fingerprint collected matches with a stored fingerprint comprises:

judging whether the fingerprint collected matches with a fingerprint stored in a database of the application.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the judging whether the fingerprint collected matches with a stored fingerprint comprises:

judging whether the fingerprint collected matches with a fingerprint stored in a third party application.

11. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the judging whether the fingerprint collected matches with a stored fingerprint comprises:

sending the fingerprint collected to a background server which judges whether the fingerprint collected matches with a fingerprint stored in the background server; and

receiving a result returned by the background server.

12. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the memory further comprises instructions executable by the processor to carry out the actions of:

deferring displaying the user interface of the application after the finger clicks on the icon of the application before judging whether the fingerprint collected matches with the stored fingerprint, and displaying the user interface of the application if the fingerprint collected matches with the stored fingerprint.

13. A method of authenticating users, comprising:

collecting a fingerprint when a user clicks on an area for authentication in a user interface of an application displayed on a touch screen; and

judging whether the fingerprint collected matches with a stored fingerprint, and determining the user has passed user authentication if the fingerprint collected matches with the stored fingerprint.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the judging whether the fingerprint collected matches with a stored fingerprint comprises:

comparing the fingerprint collected with a fingerprint stored in a terminal device that has the touch screen.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the judging whether the fingerprint collected matches with a stored fingerprint comprises:

judging whether the fingerprint collected matches with a fingerprint stored in a database of the application.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the judging whether the fingerprint collected matches with a stored fingerprint comprises:

judging whether the fingerprint collected matches with a fingerprint stored in a third party application.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the judging whether the fingerprint collected matches with a stored fingerprint comprises:

sending the fingerprint collected to a background server which judges whether the fingerprint collected matches with a fingerprint stored in the background server; and

receiving a result returned by the background server.