Configurable personal digital identity device responsive to user interaction with user authentication factor captured in mobile device

• US 9,207,650 B2
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Issued: 12/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sideassure Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Tyfone Incorporated
• Inventors: Narendra, Siva G., Tadepalli, Prabhakar, Chakraborty, Saurav
• Primary Examiner(s): RUSHING, MARK S
• Application Number:
  US13/843,181
• Publication Number:
  US 20140266596A1
• Time in Patent Office: 998 Days
• Field of Search: 713/155
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 1/03 for comparing digital signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0853 using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices H04L9/3234
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/069 using certificates or pre-shared keys
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A personal digital ID device provides a digital identifier to a service for a predetermined duration in response to user interaction. The user interaction may include a button press. The personal digital ID device may be in the form of a bracelet, a key fob, or other form factor. The service may be provided by a mobile device, in the cloud, or elsewhere.

Claims

1. A personal digital ID device comprising:

a crypto/cipher engine having at least one digital identifier;

a button accessible to a user of the personal digital ID device;

a radio;

a hard coded program store; and

a processor coupled to the hard coded program store, the crypto/cipher engine, the button, and the radio, the processor configured to execute instructions retrieved from the hard coded program store and to set a radio communication parameter in response to user interaction with the button, and to provide authentication to a cloud service using the at least one digital identifier and the radio, wherein the authentication is available only for a predetermined period of time after the user interaction with the button, and the processor configured to receive a user authentication factor from a mobile device using the radio.

2. The personal digital ID device of claim 1 wherein the radio communication parameter is a Bluetooth pairing parameter.

3. The personal digital ID device of claim 1 wherein the user interaction comprises one button press.

4. The personal digital ID device of claim 1 wherein the user interaction comprises two button presses.

5. The personal digital ID device of claim 1 wherein the user interaction comprises a button press lasting longer than a predetermined threshold.

6. The personal digital ID device of claim 1 further comprising at least one light emitting diode (LED), the at least one LED reporting the radio communication parameter.

7. A personal digital ID device comprising:

a crypto/cipher engine having at least one digital identifier;

a battery;

a button accessible to a user of the personal digital ID device;

a radio;

a hard coded program store; and

a processor coupled to the hard coded program store, the crypto/cipher engine, the button, the battery, and the radio, the processor configured to execute instructions retrieved from the hard coded program store and to make the at least one digital identifier available for authentication to a cloud service over a radio link for a predetermined period of time in response to a first user interaction with the button and to set a radio communication parameter in response to a second user interaction with the button and the processor configured to receive a user authentication factor from a mobile device using the radio.

8. The personal digital ID device of claim 7 wherein the radio communication parameter is a Bluetooth pairing parameter.

9. The personal digital ID device of claim 7 wherein the second user interaction comprises one button press.

10. The personal digital ID device of claim 7 wherein the second user interaction comprises two button presses.

11. The personal digital ID device of claim 7 wherein the second user interaction comprises a button press lasting longer than a predetermined threshold.

12. The personal digital ID device of claim 7 further comprising at least one light emitting diode (LED), the at least one LED reporting the radio communication parameter.

13. The personal digital ID device of claim 7 wherein the radio communication parameter comprises a reset state.

14. The personal digital ID device of claim 7 wherein the radio comprises a near-field radio.

15. The personal digital ID device of claim 7 wherein the radio comprises a non-near-field radio.

16. A personal digital ID device comprising:

a crypto/cipher engine having at least one digital identifier;

a button accessible to a user of the personal digital ID device;

a near-field radio;

a non-near-field radio;

a hard coded program store; and

a processor coupled to the hard coded program store, the crypto/cipher engine, the button, the near-field radio, and the non-near-field radio, the processor configured to execute instructions retrieved from the hard coded program store, make the at least one digital identifier available for authentication to a cloud service over a radio link for a predetermined period of time in response to a first user interaction with the button and to set a radio communication parameter in response to a second user interaction with the button, and the processor configured to receive a user authentication factor from a mobile device using either the near-field radio or the non-near-field radio.

17. The personal digital ID device of claim 16 wherein the second user interaction comprises one button press.

18. The personal digital ID device of claim 16 wherein the second user interaction comprises two button presses.

19. The personal digital ID device of claim 16 wherein the second user interaction comprises a button press lasting longer than a predetermined threshold.

20. The personal digital ID device of claim 16 wherein the radio communication parameter comprises a reset state.