Personal authentication apparatus system and method
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one electrode configured to detect an encoded electrical signal associated with a user of a target authentication device, wherein the encoded electrical signal has been encoded by a transmission circuit physically and electrically associated with the user, wherein the transmission circuit is configured to encode at least one physiological signal associated with the user detected by the transmission circuit with an authentication code stored in the transmission circuit to generate the encoded electrical signal, wherein the encoded electrical signal is a transbody conductive signal transmitted by the transmission circuit to the target authentication device, and wherein a body of the user acts as a conduction medium; and
an authentication receiver module comprising a decoder, wherein the authentication receiver module is coupled to the at least one electrode;
wherein the authentication receiver module is configured to receive the encoded electrical signal from the at least one electrode, to decode the encoded electrical signal by the decoder to obtain the at least one detected physiological signal and the authentication code, and to authenticate an identity of the user based on the at least one detected physiological signal and the authentication code.
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Abstract
A target authentication device includes an electrode to detect an electrical signal associated with a user of the device. The electrical signal represents an authentication code for the device. An authentication receiver module is coupled to the electrode. The module receives the electrical signal from the electrode and determines whether the electrical signal matches a predetermined criterion to authenticate the identity of the user based on the electrical signal. An authentication module is also disclosed. The authentication module includes one electrode to couple an electrical signal associated with a user to a user of a target authentication device, the electrical signal represents an authentication code for the device. An authentication transmission module is coupled to the electrode. The authentication transmission module transmits the electrical signal from the electrode. A method of authenticating the identity of a user of a target authentication device also is disclosed.
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28 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one electrode configured to detect an encoded electrical signal associated with a user of a target authentication device, wherein the encoded electrical signal has been encoded by a transmission circuit physically and electrically associated with the user, wherein the transmission circuit is configured to encode at least one physiological signal associated with the user detected by the transmission circuit with an authentication code stored in the transmission circuit to generate the encoded electrical signal, wherein the encoded electrical signal is a transbody conductive signal transmitted by the transmission circuit to the target authentication device, and wherein a body of the user acts as a conduction medium; and an authentication receiver module comprising a decoder, wherein the authentication receiver module is coupled to the at least one electrode; wherein the authentication receiver module is configured to receive the encoded electrical signal from the at least one electrode, to decode the encoded electrical signal by the decoder to obtain the at least one detected physiological signal and the authentication code, and to authenticate an identity of the user based on the at least one detected physiological signal and the authentication code. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 26)
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9. A module, comprising:
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at least one electrode configured to couple an encoded electrical signal associated with a user to a target authentication device, wherein the at least one electrode is configured to receive the encoded electrical signal that is associated with the user; and an authentication transmission module coupled to the at least one electrode, wherein the authentication transmission module is configured to encode at least one physiological signal associated with the user detected by a transmission circuit, physically and electrically associated with the user, with an authentication code stored in the transmission circuit to generate the encoded electrical signal, and to transmit the encoded electrical signal as a transbody conductive signal from the transmission circuit to the target authentication device to authenticate an identity of the user based on the at least one detected physiological signal corresponding to stored physiological signals associated with the user and the authentication code meeting predetermined criteria; wherein the encoded electrical signal comprises information regarding a medication associated with the user. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 27)
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20. A method comprising:
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detecting, by at least one electrode, an encoded electrical signal associated with a user of a target authentication device, wherein the encoded electrical signal has been encoded by a transmission circuit physically and electrically associated with the user, wherein the transmission circuit is configured to encode at least one physiological signal associated with the user detected by the transmission circuit with an authentication code stored in the transmission circuit to generate the encoded electrical signal, wherein the encoded electrical signal is a transbody conductive signal transmitted by the transmission circuit to the target authentication device, and wherein a body of the user acts as a conduction medium; receiving, by an authentication receiver module coupled to the at least one electrode, the encoded electrical signal from the at least one electrode; decoding, by a decoder, the encoded electrical signal to obtain the at least one detected physiological signal and the authentication code; and determining, by a processor, whether the decoded electrical signal matches a predetermined criterion to authenticate an identity of the user based on the at least one detected physiological signal and the authentication code. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28)
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