Generating log with location and accelerometer history

• US 8,776,171 B2
• Filed: 03/07/2011
• Issued: 07/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Piersol, Kurt W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Zecher, Cordelia
• Assistant Examiner(s): AVERY, JEREMIAH L
• Application Number:
  US13/042,288
• Publication Number:
  US 20120233658A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,219 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 726/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/316 by observing the pattern of computer usage, e.g. typical user behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/64 Protecting data integrity, e.g. using checksums, certificates or signatures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS

Abstract

A method and system for generating a log with location and accelerometer history and verifying the authenticity of the user based on the log. A stroke and capture module captures stroke data from a user. A location identifier module identifies the portable computing device'"'"'s location. An accelerometer determines the portable computing device'"'"'s acceleration. A logging module generates metadata that includes the location and accelerometer history. A verification module receives the location and the accelerometer history. The verification module determines the user'"'"'s mode of transportation based on the accelerometer history. The location and the mode of transportation are compared with information from an authority. If the data matches, the verification authenticates the document.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for verifying a user identity comprising:

receiving metadata for a document, the metadata including stroke data, a first location and an accelerometer history recording acceleration of a portable computing device;

extracting, with one or more processors, the first location and the accelerometer history from the metadata;

identifying, with the one or more processors, a first set of user conditions based on the accelerometer history;

receiving a second location and a second set of user conditions from an authority;

determining whether the first and second locations match;

determining whether the first and second sets of user conditions match; and

responsive to determining that the sets of user conditions and the locations match, authenticating the document.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the accelerometer history records the acceleration of the portable computing device while a user was travelling and inputting information into the portable computing device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the metadata also includes a first time of input of the stroke data and further comprising the steps of:

extracting the first time of input from the metadata;

receiving a second time of input from the authority;

determining whether the first and second times of input match; and

responsive to the first and second times matching, authenticating the document.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein responsive to a failure of the first and second locations to match, notifying at least one of a user and the authority of an error.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the sets of user conditions and the locations match includes determining that data extracted and identified from the metadata match a threshold percentage of data received from the authority.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising routing the document.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the authority is specific to the document.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein responsive to a failure of the first and second locations to match, stopping routing of the document.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the first set of user conditions based on the accelerometer history includes transforming the accelerometer history into a frequency.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein authenticating the document includes validating a signature of a user on the document.

7. A computer-implemented method for verifying a user identity comprising:

receiving metadata for a document, the metadata including stroke data, a first location and an accelerometer history recording acceleration of a portable computing device;

extracting, with one or more processors, the first location and the accelerometer history from the metadata;

identifying, with the one or more processors, a first set of user conditions based on the accelerometer history;

transmitting the first location and the first set of user conditions to an authority that determines whether the first location and a second location provided by the authority match and whether the first set of user conditions and a second set of user conditions provided by the authority match; and

responsive to the authority determining that the sets of user conditions and the locations match, receiving a verification from the authority.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the accelerometer history records the acceleration of the portable computing device while a user was travelling and inputting information into the portable computing device.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising responsive to a failure of the first and second sets of user conditions to match, receiving a refusal from the authority.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the metadata also includes a first time of input of the stroke data and further comprising the steps of:

extracting the first time of input from the metadata;

transmitting the first time of input to the authority that determines whether the first time of input and a second time of input provided by the authority match; and

responsive to the authority determining that the first and second times match, receiving the verification.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising responsive to the authority determining that the first and second times fail to match, receiving a refusal from the authority.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising authenticating the document.

13. The method of claim 7, further comprising responsive to a failure of the first and second locations to match, receiving a refusal from the authority.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising notifying a user of the refusal.

15. The method of claim 7, wherein determining that the sets of user conditions and the locations match includes determining that data extracted and identified from the metadata match a threshold percentage of data received from the authority.

16. The method of claim 7, further comprising routing the document.