Automatic device login based on wearable sensor fusion

• US 8,928,587 B1
• Filed: 11/25/2013
• Issued: 01/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Smus, Boris
• Primary Examiner(s): Zhou, Hong
• Application Number:
  US14/089,509
• Time in Patent Office: 407 Days
• Field of Search: 345156-175, 463 36- 43, 455/404.2, 455/410, 455/411, 455/456.1, 455/456.3, 726 3- 5, 726 14- 21, 715/863
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor information

Abstract

A user may have a device that contains the user'"'"'s identity. Rather than log into a second device that user may make use of the fact that the user is already logged into a device as disclosed herein. The user may perform a gesture that may be observed or sensed by one or more sensors on a first device and a second device that contains the user'"'"'s identity. A correlation between the sensor data may be performed and, if the correlation value exceeds a threshold value, a portion of the user'"'"'s identity may be shared with the first device.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a first indication based on a gesture detected by a touch sensitive display connected to a first device to which a first identity is not associated, wherein the first identity comprises at least one credential of a user;

receiving a second indication based on the gesture detected by an accelerometer connected to a watch to which the first identity is associated, wherein the first device and the watch do not physically contact one another during performance of the gesture; and

associating at least part of the first identity to the first device based on a similarity between the first indication and the second indication, wherein the association of at least part of the first identity with the first device allows the first device to provide the at least one credential to an application being accessed by the user on the first device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising pairing the first device and the watch.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising discovering, by the first device, the watch.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining that the watch is within a threshold distance of the first device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the gesture comprises a signature that is unique to the first identity.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the gesture received determines a level of access to one or both of the first device or information about the first identity.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising specifying the gesture by the first device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, by the first device, the portion of the first identity from the watch.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first device comprises a camera.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the gesture corresponds to a time reference.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising correlating the first indication and the second indication to obtain a correlation value.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising determining that the correlation value is above a threshold value.

13. A system, comprising:

a first device to which a first identity is not associated, wherein the first identity comprises at least one credential of a user and wherein the first device comprising a first processor, and a touch sensitive display, configured to;

receive a first indication based on a gesture detected by the touch sensitive display;

receive a second indication based on the gesture detected by an accelerometer connected to a watch to which the first identity is associated, wherein the first device and the watch do not physically contact one another during performance of the gesture;

associate at least a part of the first identity to the first device based on a similarity between the first indication and the second indication, wherein the association of at least part of the first identity with the first device allows the first device to provide the at least one credential to an application being accessed by the user on the first device; and

the second device to which the first identity is associated, the second device comprising a second processor and at least one second sensor, configured to;

provide a second indication to the first device based on the gesture detected by the accelerometer; and

provide the at least a part of the first identity to the first device.

14. The system of claim 13, the first processor further configured to pair the first device and the watch.

15. The system of claim 13, the first processor further configured to discover the watch.

16. The system of claim 13, the first processor further configured to determine that the watch is within a threshold distance of the first device.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the gesture comprises a signature that is unique to the first identity.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein the gesture received determines a level of access to one or both of the first device or information about the first identity.

19. The system of claim 13, the first processor further configured to specify the gesture by the first device.

20. The system of claim 13, the first processor further configured to receive the portion of the first identity from the watch.

21. The system of claim 13, wherein the first device comprises a camera.

22. The system of claim 13, the first processor further configured to correlate the first indication and the second indication to obtain a correlation value.

23. The system of claim 22, the first processor further configured to determine that the correlation value is above a threshold value.

24. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a server, a first indication based on a gesture detected by a touch sensitive display connected to a first device to which a first identity is not associated, the gesture corresponding to a time reference, wherein the first identity comprises at least one credential of a user;

receiving, by the server, a second indication based on the gesture detected by an accelerometer connected to a watch to which the first identity is associated, wherein the first device and the watch do not physically contact one another during performance of the gesture;

correlating, by the server, the first indication and the second indication to obtain a correlation value;

determining that the correlation value is above a threshold value; and

providing a third indication to at least one of the first device and the watch, wherein the third indication is based on the determination that the correlation value is above the threshold value and wherein the third indication is a basis for the watch to provide at least a portion of the first identity to the first device and allows the first device to provide the at least one credential to an application being accessed by the user on the first device.

25. A system, comprising:

a server comprising a server processor, the server processor configured to;

receive a first indication based on a gesture detected by a touch sensitive display connected to a first device to which a first identity is not associated, the gesture corresponding to a time reference, wherein the first identity comprises at least one credential of a user;

receive a second indication based on the gesture detected by an accelerometer connected to a watch to which the first identity is associated, wherein the first device and the watch do not physically contact one another during performance of the gesture;

correlate the first indication and the second indication to obtain a correlation value;

determine that the correlation value is above a threshold value; and

provide a third indication to at least one of the first device and the watch wherein the third indication is based on the determination that the correlation value is above the threshold value and wherein the third indication is a basis for the watch to provide at least a portion of the first identity to the first device and allows the first device to provide the at least one credential to an application being accessed by the user on the first device; and

a first device comprising a first processor and a touch sensitive display, configured to;

detect the gesture by the touch sensitive display, the gesture corresponding to the time reference;

send a first indication of the gesture to the server;

a watch comprising a second processor and an accelerometer, configured to;

detect the gesture by the accelerometer;

send a second indication of the gesture to the server.