BIOMETRIC SHORTCUTS

• US 20170293409A1
• Filed: 04/12/2016
• Published: 10/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sugarcrm Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Sugarcrm Incorporated
• Inventors: Kulchytskyy, Vladyslav
• Granted Patent: US 10,133,471 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/12 Fingerprints or palmprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/1365 Matching; Classification

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for biometric shortcuts. In an embodiment of the invention, a biometric shortcut method includes storing in a database a multiplicity of different fingerprints, each in connection with a different command for a corresponding application and optionally acquired by way of a fingerprint scanner affixed to a computing device. An end user is then authenticated into use of the computing device and subsequent to authentication, a scanned fingerprint is then received in the fingerprint scanner and the scanned fingerprint is matched to one of the different fingerprints in the database. Thereafter, a command for a corresponding application stored in connection with the one of the different fingerprints matched to the scanned fingerprint is determined and the command is issued in the corresponding application executing in the computing device.

Claims

1. A biometric shortcut method comprising:

storing in a database a multiplicity of different fingerprints, each in connection with a different command for a corresponding application;

authenticating an end user into use of a computing device; and

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subsequent to authentication, receiving in a fingerprint scanner affixed to the computing device a scanned fingerprint, matching the scanned fingerprint to one of the different fingerprints in the database, determining a command for a corresponding application stored in connection with the one of the different fingerprints matched to the scanned fingerprint, and issuing the command in the corresponding application executing in the computing device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein additional different fingerprints are stored in the database in connection with different commands in a different application and, when a fingerprint scanned by the fingerprint scanner is matched to one of the additional different fingerprints stored in the database, an associated one of the different commands for the different application is issued in the different application executing in the computing device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the multiplicity of different fingerprints are acquired by the fingerprint scanner.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the database is disposed within the computing device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein if it is determined that the corresponding application of the command stored in connection with the one of the different fingerprints matched to the scanned fingerprint is not executing in the computing device, ignoring the scanned fingerprint without issuing the command in the corresponding application.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein if it is determined that the corresponding application of the command stored in connection with the one of the different fingerprints matched to the scanned fingerprint is not executing in the computing device, executing the corresponding application in the computing device and then issuing the command in the corresponding application.

7. A data processing system configured for biometric shortcuts, the system comprising:

a computing device with memory and at least one processor;

a fingerprint scanner disposed upon an encasement of the computing device and coupled to the memory and at least one processor;

a database coupled to the computing device and storing a multiplicity of different fingerprints, each in connection with a different command for a corresponding application; and

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a biometric shortcut module comprising program code which when executing in the memory by the at least one processor, is enabled to authenticate an end user into use of the computing device, and subsequent to authentication, receive in the fingerprint scanner a scanned fingerprint, match the scanned fingerprint to one of the different fingerprints in the database, determine a command for a corresponding application stored in connection with the one of the different fingerprints matched to the scanned fingerprint and issue the command in the corresponding application executing in the memory of the computing device.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein additional different fingerprints are stored in the database in connection with different commands in a different application and, when a fingerprint scanned by the fingerprint scanner is matched to one of the additional different fingerprints stored in the database, an associated one of the different commands for the different application is issued in the different application executing in the computing device.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the database is disposed within the computing device.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein if it is determined that the corresponding application of the command stored in connection with the one of the different fingerprints matched to the scanned fingerprint is not executing in the computing device, ignoring the scanned fingerprint without issuing the command in the corresponding application.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein if it is determined that the corresponding application of the command stored in connection with the one of the different fingerprints matched to the scanned fingerprint is not executing in the computing device, executing the corresponding application in the computing device and then issuing the command in the corresponding application.

12. A computer program product for biometric shortcuts, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a device to cause the device to perform a method comprising:

storing in a database a multiplicity of different fingerprints, each in connection with a different command for a corresponding application;

authenticating an end user into use of a computing device; and

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subsequent to authentication, receiving in a fingerprint scanner affixed to the computing device a scanned fingerprint, matching the scanned fingerprint to one of the different fingerprints in the database, determining a command for a corresponding application stored in connection with the one of the different fingerprints matched to the scanned fingerprint, and issuing the command in the corresponding application executing in the computing device.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein additional different fingerprints are stored in the database in connection with different commands in a different application and, when a fingerprint scanned by the fingerprint scanner is matched to one of the additional different fingerprints stored in the database, an associated one of the different commands for the different application is issued in the different application executing in the computing device.

14. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the multiplicity of different fingerprints are acquired by the fingerprint scanner.

15. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the database is disposed within the computing device.

16. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein if it is determined that the corresponding application of the command stored in connection with the one of the different fingerprints matched to the scanned fingerprint is not executing in the computing device, ignoring the scanned fingerprint without issuing the command in the corresponding application.

17. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein if it is determined that the corresponding application of the command stored in connection with the one of the different fingerprints matched to the scanned fingerprint is not executing in the computing device, executing the corresponding application in the computing device and then issuing the command in the corresponding application.