SECURE AUTHENTICATION OF USERS OF DEVICES USING TACTILE AND VOICE SEQUENCING WITH FEEDBACK

• US 20160371477A1
• Filed: 06/19/2015
• Published: 12/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Jimenez, Diego Xirinachs, Macias Garcia, Andrea del Pilar, McConnell, Stephen J., Pierga, Piotr, Boss, Gregory J., Ramos, Stacey
• Granted Patent: US 10,073,959 B2
• 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

Abstract

A method for securely authenticating users of a device which uses pairings of a verbal passphrase and user interactions. The user interactions may be finger position on an interface of the device, number of taps on the interface of the device, or touching of the interface in a predefined area. Alternatively, the user can provide a verbal passphrase with inflection points.

Claims

1. A method for securely authenticating a user to use a device, the device comprising:

a device computer comprising at least one processor, one or more memories, and one or more repositories, at least one interface for receiving input from a user, an audio receiver with an input and an output in communication with the device computer, the method comprising the steps of;

the device computer receiving an indication from the user regarding securely authenticating an identity of a user;

the device computer receiving a verbal passphrase comprising a plurality of words from an output of the audio receiver;

the device computer detecting a user interaction with the at least one interface to provide authentication information associated with each of the plurality of words of the verbal passphrase;

the device computer comparing a pairing of the detected user interaction and the plurality of words of the verbal passphrase to at least one registered pairing of user interactions and words as stored in a repository; and

if the detected user interaction and words of the verbal passphrase correspond to at least one registered pairing of user interactions and words, authenticating the user to use the device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the detected user interaction is a detection of contact of at least one finger of the user on at least one of the interfaces.

3. The method of claim 2, in which at least one position on at least one of the interfaces is associated with each word of the verbal passphrase in the registered pairings of user interactions and words in the repository.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising registering pairings of user interactions with words, comprising the steps of:

the device computer receiving a user defined verbal passphrase from an output of an audio receiver;

the device computer receiving user interaction with at least one interface of the device for each of the words of the verbal passphrase; and

the device computer storing the pairings of each of the words of the verbal passphrase with the user interaction as registered pairings in a repository.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the detected user interaction is finger contact with the interface within a predefined area of at least one of the interfaces.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the detected user interaction is a number of taps on at least one interface of the device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the device computer provides feedback regarding each of the pairings of the detected user interaction and words of the verbal passphrase.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the feedback is haptic.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the feedback is visual.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the feedback is audio.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the words of the verbal passphrase is received out of order.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the device computer reorders the words of the verbal passphrase in accordance with the user interaction on at least one interface.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the user interaction comprises contact with at least one interface in a specific order corresponding order of the words in a registered pairing.

14. A method for securely authenticating users of a device, the device comprising:

a device computer comprising at least one processor, one or more memories, and one or more repositories, at least one interface for receiving input from a user, an audio receiver with an input and an output in communication with the device computer, the method comprising the steps of;

the device computer receiving an indication from the user regarding securely authenticating an identity of a user;

the device computer receiving the verbal passphrase comprising a plurality of words from an output of the audio receiver;

the device computer detecting user inflection points associated with the verbal passphrase to provide authentication information associated with at least two of the words of the verbal passphrase;

the device computer comparing a pairing of the detected user inflection points and the plurality of words of the verbal passphrase to at least one registered pairings of the words of the verbal passphrase and user inflection points stored in a repository; and

if the detected user inflection points and words of the verbal passphrase correspond to at least one registered pairings of the words of the verbal passphrase with user inflection pints, authenticating the user to use the device.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the device computer provides feedback regarding each of the pairings of the detected user inflection points and words of the verbal passphrase.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the feedback is haptic.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the feedback is visual.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the feedback is audio.

19. The method of claim 14, further comprising registering of pairings of the words of the verbal passphrase with user inflection points further comprises the steps of:

the device computer receiving a user defined verbal passphrase from an output of an audio receiver;

the device computer detecting inflection points within at least two of the words of the verbal passphrase; and

the device computer storing the pairings of inflection points and words of the verbal passphrase as registered pairings in a repository.

20. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of the device computer requesting a verbal passphrase from the user.