BIOMETRICS HUB FOR CHANGING A SCHEDULE FOR PROCESSING BIOMETRICS DATA IN RESPONSE TO DETECTING A POWER EVENT

• US 20180260247A1
• Filed: 03/13/2017
• Published: 09/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: DOWLATKHAH, SANGAR, Shaw, Venson
• Granted Patent: US 10,645,080 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/30 Means for acting in the event of power-supply failure or interruption, e.g. power-supply fluctuations for resetting only G06F1/24
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3206 Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2007 using redundant communication media
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2015 Redundant power supplies power supply failure G06F1/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3006 where the computing system is distributed, e.g. networked systems, clusters, multiprocessor systems multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46; allocation of resources G06F9/50
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3013 where the computing system is an embedded system, i.e. a combination of hardware and software dedicated to perform a certain function in mobile devices, printers, automotive or aircraft systems testing or monitoring of control systems or parts thereof G05B23/02
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3062 where the monitored property is the power consumption power management in a computing system G06F1/3203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/85 Active fault masking without idle spares active fault masking without idle spare hardware where processing functionality is redundant G06F11/2035
• 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

Abstract

A biometrics hub may establish a session with a first biometric device, receive first biometric data of a user from the first biometric device, establish a session with a second biometric device, receive second biometric data of the user from the second biometric device, and store the first biometric data and the second biometric data at the biometrics hub. The biometrics hub may further detect a power event associated with at least one of the first biometric device or the second biometric device, and change, in response to detecting the power event, a schedule for processing at least one of the first biometric data or the second biometric data.

Claims

1. A biometrics hub, comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

establishing a session with a first biometric device;

receiving first biometric data of a user from the first biometric device;

establishing a session with a second biometric device;

receiving second biometric data of the user from the second biometric device;

storing the first biometric data and the second biometric data at the biometrics hub;

detecting a power event associated with at least one of the first biometric device or the second biometric device; and

changing, in response to detecting the power event, a schedule for processing at least one of the first biometric data or the second biometric data.

2. The biometrics hub of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

establishing the schedule for processing the at least one the first biometric data or the second biometric data, wherein the schedule defines at least one of;

a timing for transmitting the first biometric data or the second biometric to an authorized remote device;

a timing for receiving the first biometric data from the first biometric device or for receiving the second biometric data from the second biometric device;

a quantity of the first biometric data or the second biometric data to store at the biometrics hub;

or

a primary mode of communication for the transmitting of the first biometric data or the second biometric data to the authorized remote device.

3. The biometrics hub of claim 2, wherein the first biometric data or the second biometric data is received and stored at the biometrics hub in accordance with the schedule.

4. The biometrics hub of claim 2, wherein the operations further comprise:

transmitting the first biometric data or the second biometric data to an authorized remote device in accordance with the schedule.

5. The biometrics hub of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a request for at least one of the first biometric data or the second biometric data from an authorized remote device; and

transmitting the at least one of the first biometric data or the second biometric data to the authorized remote device in response to the request.

6. The biometrics hub of claim 1, wherein the detecting the power event comprises at least one of:

receiving an electronic warning message from a power distribution network indicating an upcoming loss of power from the power distribution network;

detecting a loss of power at the biometrics hub from a power distribution network;

detecting a loss of connectivity of a primary mode of communication of the biometrics hub;

or

receiving a notification of a low battery from the at least one of the first biometric device or the second biometric device.

7. The biometrics hub of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

activating a backup power source for the at least one of the first biometric device or the second biometric device in response to detecting the power event.

8. The biometrics hub of claim 1, wherein the changing the schedule for processing the at least one of the first biometric data or the second biometric data in response to detecting the power event comprises:

reducing a frequency of communication of the first biometric data or the second biometric data from the at least one of the first biometric device or the second biometric device.

9. The biometrics hub of claim 8, wherein the at least one of the first biometric device or the second biometric device is powered by a backup power source following the power event.

10. The biometrics hub of claim 1, wherein the changing the schedule for processing the at least one of the first biometric data or the second biometric data in response to detecting the power event comprises:

increasing a storage duration or a storage quantity of the first biometric data or the second biometric data at the biometrics hub.

11. The biometrics hub of claim 10, wherein the changing the schedule for processing the at least one of the first biometric data or the second biometric data in response to detecting the power event comprises:

decreasing a frequency of measurement sampling of the at least one of the first biometric device or the second biometric device.

12. The biometrics hub of claim 1, wherein the changing the schedule for processing the at least one of the first biometric data or the second biometric data in response to detecting the power event comprises:

transmitting the first biometric data or the second biometric data to an authorized remote device via the biometrics hub, wherein prior to the power event, the at least one of the first biometric device or the second biometric device communicates the first biometric data or the second biometric data to the authorized remote device independent from the biometrics hub.

13. The biometrics hub of claim 12, wherein the biometrics hub is connected to a home gateway or a router for transmitting the first biometric data or the second biometric data to the authorized remote device.

14. The biometrics hub of claim 12, further comprising:

a cellular transceiver for transmitting the first biometric data or the second biometric data to the authorized remote device via a cellular link.

15. The biometrics hub of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

installing at least one of a first driver for communications with the first biometric device or a second driver for communications with the second biometric device, wherein the first biometric device and the second biometric device are configured to communicate in different vendor formats.

16. The biometrics hub of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

downloading the at least one of the first driver or the second driver from a network repository, wherein another of the first driver or the second driver is pre-installed on the biometrics hub.

17. The biometrics hub of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

sending a notification of the power event to a user endpoint device of a user associated with the biometrics hub.

18. The biometrics hub of claim 1, wherein the session with the first biometric device is maintained between transmission bursts of the first biometric data from the first biometric device to the biometrics hub, and wherein the session with the second biometric device is maintained between transmission bursts of the second biometric data from the second biometric device to the biometrics hub.

18-1. The biometrics hub of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first biometric data or the second biometric data comprises measurements of at least one of:

a heartrate;

a breathing rate;

a blood oxygen concentration;

a blood sugar level;

an electrocardiogram pattern;

a pupil dilation;

an activity level;

a skin conductance;

a body temperature;

a voice pitch;

or

a voice tone.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

establishing a session with a first biometric device;

receiving first biometric data of a user from the first biometric device;

establishing a session with a second biometric device;

receiving second biometric data of the user from the second biometric device;

storing the first biometric data and the second biometric data at the biometrics hub;

detecting a power event associated with at least one of the first biometric device or the second biometric device; and

changing, in response to detecting the power event, a schedule for processing at least one of the first biometric data or the second biometric data.

20. A method comprising:

establishing, by a processor, a session with a first biometric device;

receiving, by the processor, first biometric data of a user from the first biometric device;

establishing, by the processor, a session with a second biometric device;

receiving, by the processor, second biometric data of the user from the second biometric device;

storing, by the processor, the first biometric data and the second biometric data at the biometrics hub;

detecting, by the processor, a power event associated with at least one of the first biometric device or the second biometric device; and

changing, by the processor in response to detecting the power event, a schedule for processing at least one of the first biometric data or the second biometric data.