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Security method and apparatus employing authentication by keystroke dynamics

  • US 6,442,692 B1
  • Filed: 07/21/1998
  • Issued: 08/27/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/21/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device for verifying the identity of an individual based on a typing characteristic, said device embedded in a keyboard, said keyboard in communication with a processing system to be secured, said device comprising:

  • an input means for monitoring the time interval in which keys on said keyboard are depressed;

    a processing means in electrical communication with said input means for generating a first typing characteristic based on said monitored time intervals;

    a memory means in data communication with said processing means for storing said first typing characteristic, and wherein said processing system is adapted to compare said first typing characteristic with a second typing characteristic generated for a current user;

    wherein said processing system denies access to said current user if said second typing characteristic does not match said stored first typing characteristic; and

    wherein a typing barcode in a graphic form is produced from said first typing characteristic which is used for producing a physical token to be used as a unique key for unlocking security-protected devices.

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