Efficient startup and logon

• US 9,509,676 B1
• Filed: 02/24/2015
• Issued: 11/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: United Services Automobile Association
• Original Assignee: United Services Automobile Association
• Inventors: Johnson, Zakery Layne, Shelton, John, Casillas, Debra Randall, Buckingham, Thomas Bret, Fernandez, Gabriel Carlos, Rangarajan, Sudarshan, Mortensen, Maland Keith
• Primary Examiner(s): Hirl, Joseph P
• Assistant Examiner(s): MURPHY, JOSEPH B
• Application Number:
  US14/630,038
• Time in Patent Office: 644 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/35 communicating wirelessly
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/065 Continuous authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/068 using credential vaults, e.g. password manager applications or one time password [OTP] applications
• 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

Methods and systems for receiving a detection of a physical presence of a user and, in response, initiating a start-up process on an enterprise device according to a profile associated with the user are described. Thereafter, the system receives authentication credentials at the enterprise device and the user is granted access to the enterprise device after the authentication credentials are verified.

Claims

1. A computerized method comprising:

receiving, at a server communicably coupled to one or more enterprise devices, a detection of a physical presence of a user device, wherein the physical presence of the user device is detected using at least one of;

near-field communications, radio-frequency identification, location-based technology, or Bluetooth;

in response to detecting the physical presence of the user device, initiating, from the server, startup processes on an enterprise device of the one or more enterprise devices according to a profile associated with a user;

receiving authentication credentials at the enterprise device; and

granting, to the user, access to the enterprise device after verifying the authentication credentials, wherein the startup processes include launching at least one application, and wherein the startup processes are initiated prior to verifying the authentication credentials.

2. The computerized method of claim 1, further comprising monitoring, by a network of detectors, for an indication of the physical presence of the user device.

3. The computerized method of claim 2, wherein a first detector in the network of detectors sends first information to identify the user device, and wherein a second detector in the network of detectors sends second information to verify an identity of the user device.

4. The computerized method of claim 2, where the network of detectors comprises a radio-frequency identification reader, wherein the computerized method further comprises:

scanning, by the radio-frequency identification reader, a badge of the user; and

transmitting, to the server, information scanned from the badge of the user, wherein the information scanned from the badge of the user is used at least in part to detect the physical presence of the user device.

5. The computerized method of claim 2, wherein the network of detectors includes at least one of:

a biometric reader, a license plate reader, a garage door sensor, a radio-frequency identification reader, a BlueTooth low energy beacon, a near-field communications reader, an ultra high frequency reader, or a geo-fence.

6. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein a geo-fence surrounds an area, and wherein the physical presence of the user is detected when the user device enters or leaves the area that is geo-fenced.

7. The computerized method of claim 1, further comprising:

capturing an image of the user;

analyzing the image to determine an identity of the user; and

sending the identity to the server.

8. The computerized method of claim 1, further comprising sending a message to a mobile device of the user notifying the user that the startup processes are complete.

9. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the server initializes the startup processes defined in the profile, and wherein the computerized method further comprises locking the enterprise device in a name of the user.

10. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the detection is detected at least in part from a calendar of the user, and wherein the enterprise device is located in a physical location identified on a calendar event in the calendar.

11. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the physical presence of the user device is detected by a garage door sensor, wherein the startup processes are initialized a period of time after receiving the detection, and wherein the period of time is defined in the profile associated with the user.

12. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the profile associated with the user includes a user-selectable setting that inhibits the server from initiating the startup processes.

13. The computerized method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at the server, a detection that the user is exiting an area;

determining, by the server, that the user is logged onto the enterprise device; and

transmitting, to the enterprise device, a message to initiate a logoff process.

14. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the startup processes are initiated at a time based on a physical location of the user device.

15. A system comprising:

a network of monitoring detectors configured to;

detect a physical presence of an object, and

transmit a message to a server indicating the physical presence of the object;

the server configured to;

receive the message indicating the physical presence of the object,

determine a user associated with the object,

identify a profile associated with the user, wherein the profile identifies an enterprise device for initialization, and

send an initialization message to the enterprise device based on the message indicating the physical presence of the object; and

the enterprise device configured to;

receive the initialization message, and

initiate a startup sequence according to the profile associated with the user, wherein the startup sequence is initiated prior to authenticating the user, wherein the startup sequence comprises launching at least one application.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the server is further configured to:

determine that the startup sequence is complete, and

notify the user that the startup sequence is complete.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the object is a mobile device of the user, and wherein a monitoring detector in the network of monitoring detectors is a geo-fence.

18. A system comprising:

a badge reader configured to;

detect a physical presence of a badge, and

transmit a message to a server indicating the physical presence of the badge;

the server configured to;

receive the message indicating the physical presence of the badge,

determine a user associated with the badge,

identify a profile associated with the user, wherein the profile identifies an enterprise device for initialization, and

send an initialization message to the enterprise device based at least in part on the message indicating the physical presence of the badge; and

the enterprise device configured to;

receive the initialization message, and

initiate a startup sequence according to the profile associated with the user, wherein the startup sequence is initiated prior to authenticating the user at the enterprise device, wherein the startup sequence includes launching at least one application.

19. The system of claim 18, further comprising:

a biometric reader located near the badge reader configured to;

collect a sample of biometric data from the user, and

transmit the sample of the biometric data to the server,

wherein the server is further configured to;

compare the biometric data with previously stored biometric data associated with the user, and

verify a match of the biometric data with the previously stored biometric data to a threshold, wherein the initialization message to the enterprise device is further based on the match of the biometric data with the previously stored biometric data.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the biometric reader is a camera, and wherein the biometric data comprises characteristics of a face of the user.