Smartphone fingerprint pass-through system

• US 9,590,984 B2
• Filed: 02/13/2015
• Issued: 03/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Grandios Technologies, LLC
• Original Assignee: Grandios Technologies, LLC
• Inventors: Cronin, John
• Primary Examiner(s): King, John B
• Application Number:
  US14/622,803
• Publication Number:
  US 20150358315A1
• Time in Patent Office: 753 Days
• Field of Search: 713/186
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 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 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for unlocking remote devices using a biometric input that is associated with a code stored on a mobile electronic device. After validating a biometric input that corresponds with a code that locks or unlocks a remote lock, the code may be sent to a remote electronic device in a transmission. When the code is validated by the remote electronic device as being associated with unlocking the remote lock, the remote device may then unlock the lock.

Claims

1. A method for remote security using biometric information, the method comprising:

receiving a first fingerprint input associated with a first user via a fingerprint scanner interface of a mobile electronic device;

storing a first fingerprint dataset characterizing the first fingerprint input in a memory of the mobile electronic device;

storing a first security code in the memory, the first security code associated with the first fingerprint dataset;

storing device information in the memory, the device information identifying a plurality of external electronic devices, the plurality of external electronic devices including an electronic vehicle starter device of a vehicle, the electronic vehicle starter device associated with the first security code;

receiving a second fingerprint input via the fingerprint scanner interface of the mobile electronic device;

executing instructions stored in the memory, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor causes the mobile electronic device to;

identify that the second fingerprint input matches the first fingerprint dataset,

validate that the second fingerprint input belongs to the first user based on identification that the second fingerprint input matches the first fingerprint dataset,

retrieve the first security code of the plurality of security codes in response to identification that the second fingerprint input matches the first fingerprint dataset, and

identify a remote electronic access device that restricts communicative access to the electronic vehicle starter device that is associated with the first security code; and

transmitting the first security code from the mobile electronic device to the remote electronic access device via Internet transmission in response to identification that the second fingerprint input matches the first fingerprint dataset, wherein the remote electronic access device thereby remotely signals the electronic vehicle starter device via Internet transmission to start the vehicle, wherein the electronic vehicle starter device starts the vehicle upon being remotely signaled by the remote electronic access device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a selection identifying the vehicle via a user interface of the mobile electronic device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a biometric input at the mobile electronic device, wherein the biometric input includes at least one of a third fingerprint input, a voiceprint input, a retina scan input, or a DNA sample input.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the remote electronic access device remotely signals the electronic vehicle starter device by sending at least a subset of the first security code.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic vehicle starter device also toggles a lock state of one or more doors of the vehicle.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the vehicle is a car.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first security code includes at least a subset of the first fingerprint dataset.

8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium in a mobile electronic device, the storage medium having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for remote security using biometric information, the method comprising:

receiving a first fingerprint input associated with a first user via a fingerprint scanner interface of a mobile electronic device;

storing a first fingerprint dataset characterizing the first fingerprint input in a memory of the mobile electronic device;

storing a first security code in the memory, the first security code associated with the first fingerprint dataset;

storing device information in the memory, the device information identifying a plurality of external electronic devices, the plurality of external electronic devices including an electronic vehicle starter device of a vehicle, the electronic vehicle starter device associated with the first security code;

receiving a second fingerprint input via the fingerprint scanner interface of the mobile electronic device;

identifying that the second fingerprint input matches the first fingerprint dataset;

validating that the second fingerprint input belongs to the first user based on identification that the second fingerprint input matches the first fingerprint dataset;

retrieving the first security code of the plurality of security codes in response to identification that the second fingerprint input matches the first fingerprint dataset;

identifying a remote electronic access device that restricts communicative access to the electronic vehicle starter device that is associated with the first security code; and

transmitting the first security code from the mobile electronic device to the remote electronic access device via Internet transmission in response to identification that the second fingerprint input matches the first fingerprint dataset, wherein the remote electronic access device thereby remotely signals the electronic vehicle starter device via Internet transmission to start the vehicle, wherein the electronic vehicle starter device starts the vehicle upon being remotely signaled by the remote electronic access device.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, the program further executable to receive a selection identifying the vehicle via a user interface of the mobile electronic device.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, the program further executable to receive a biometric input at the mobile electronic device, wherein the biometric input includes at least one of a third fingerprint input, a voiceprint input, a retina scan input, or a DNA sample input.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the remote electronic access device remotely signals the electronic vehicle starter device by sending at least a subset of the first security code.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the electronic vehicle starter device also toggles a lock state of one or more doors of the vehicle.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the vehicle is a car.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the first security code includes at least a subset of the first fingerprint dataset.

15. A system for remote security using biometric information, the system comprising:

a memory of a mobile electronic device that stores at least a first fingerprint dataset, a first security code, and device information, wherein the first fingerprint dataset is associated with a first user, wherein the first security code is associated with the first fingerprint dataset, and wherein the device information identifies a plurality of external electronic devices, the plurality of external electronic devices including an electronic vehicle starter device of a vehicle, the electronic vehicle starter device associated with the first security code;

a fingerprint scanner interface that receives a first fingerprint input associated with a first user, thereby generating the first fingerprint dataset, and that further receives a second fingerprint input;

a processor that executes instructions stored in the memory, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor causes the system to;

identify that the second fingerprint input matches the first fingerprint dataset,

validate that the second fingerprint input belongs to the first user based on identification that the second fingerprint input matches the first fingerprint dataset,

retrieve the first security code of the plurality of security codes in response to identification that the second fingerprint input matches the first fingerprint dataset, and

identify a remote electronic access device that restricts communicative access to the electronic vehicle starter device that is associated with the first security code; and

a communication interface that transmits the first security code to the remote electronic access device via Internet transmission in response to identification that the second fingerprint input matches the first fingerprint dataset, wherein the remote electronic access device thereby remotely signals the electronic vehicle starter device via Internet transmission to start the vehicle, wherein the electronic vehicle starter device starts the vehicle upon being remotely signaled by the remote electronic access device.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor causes the system to receive a selection via a user interface of the mobile electronic device, the selection identifying the vehicle.

17. The system of claim 15, further comprising a biometric interface distinct from the fingerprint scanner, wherein the biometric interface receives a biometric input that includes at least one of a third fingerprint input, a voiceprint input, a retina scan input, or a DNA sample input.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the remote electronic access device remotely signals the electronic vehicle starter device by sending at least a subset of the first security code.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the electronic vehicle starter device also toggles a lock state of one or more doors of the vehicle.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the vehicle is a car.