METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ACCESSING COMPUTING SYSTEMS WITH BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION

• US 20190325193A1
• Filed: 04/24/2018
• Published: 10/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: BOUKNIGHT, JR., Wendell J.
• Granted Patent: US 10,803,288 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 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/10 Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/1365 Matching; Classification

Abstract

Embodiments for managing computing systems by one or more processors are described. Content rendered by a display device of a computing system is prevented from being modified. An object is detected within a proximity of the display device. The object is associated with an individual. A biometric identification process is caused to be performed on the individual while the object is within the proximity of the display device. Based on the biometric identification process, the content is allowed to be modified while the object is within the proximity of the display device.

Claims

1. A method, by one or more processors, for managing a computing system comprising:

preventing content rendered by a display device of a computing system from being modified;

detecting an object within a proximity of the display device, wherein the object is associated with an individual;

causing a biometric identification process to be performed on the individual while the object is within the proximity of the display device; and

based on the biometric identification process, allowing the content to be modified while the object is within the proximity of the display device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting of the object within the proximity of the display device includes detecting the object in contact with a portion of the display device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the content is rendered on the portion of the display device.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

detecting the object moving from the portion of the display device to a second portion of the display device; and

causing the content to be modified in response to the detecting of the object moving from the portion of the display device to the second portion of the display device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the object is a portion of a body of the individual.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the object is a finger of the individual, and wherein the biometric identification process includes a fingerprint scan.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the allowing of the content to be modified while the object is within the proximity of the display device includes detecting the object moving beyond the proximity of the display device and re-preventing the content from being modified after the detecting of the object moving beyond the proximity of the display device.

8. A system for managing a computing system comprising:

at least one processor that

prevents content rendered by a display device of a computing system from being modified;

detects an object within a proximity of the display device, wherein the object is associated with an individual;

causes a biometric identification process to be performed on the individual while the object is within the proximity of the display device; and

based on the biometric identification process, allows the content to be modified while the object is within the proximity of the display device.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the detecting of the object within the proximity of the display device includes detecting the object in contact with a portion of the display device.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the content is rendered on the portion of the display device.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the at least one processor further:

detects the object moving from the portion of the display device to a second portion of the display device; and

causes the content to be modified in response to the detecting of the object moving from the portion of the display device to the second portion of the display device.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the object is a portion of a body of the individual.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the object is a finger of the individual, and wherein the biometric identification process includes a fingerprint scan.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the allowing of the content to be modified while the object is within the proximity of the display device includes detecting the object moving beyond the proximity of the display device and re-preventing the content from being modified after the detecting of the object moving beyond the proximity of the display device.

15. A computer program product for managing a computing system by one or more processors, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

an executable portion that prevents content rendered by a display device of a computing system from being modified;

an executable portion that detects an object within a proximity of the display device, wherein the object is associated with an individual;

an executable portion that causes a biometric identification process to be performed on the individual while the object is within the proximity of the display device; and

an executable portion that, based on the biometric identification process, allows the content to be modified while the object is within the proximity of the display device.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the detecting of the object within the proximity of the display device includes detecting the object in contact with a portion of the display device.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the content is rendered on the portion of the display device.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the computer-readable program code portions further include:

an executable portion that detects the object moving from the portion of the display device to a second portion of the display device; and

an executable portion that causes the content to be modified in response to the detecting of the object moving from the portion of the display device to the second portion of the display device.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the object is a portion of a body of the individual.

20. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the object is a finger of the individual, and wherein the biometric identification process includes a fingerprint scan.

21. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the allowing of the content to be modified while the object is within the proximity of the display device includes detecting the object moving beyond the proximity of the display device and re-preventing the content from being modified after the detecting of the object moving beyond the proximity of the display device.