System and method for controlling user access to an electronic device
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a touch screen sensitive to a user'"'"'s touch;
a fingerprint acquisition device to sense a fingerprint; and
a user access system comprising a processing circuit coupled to the touch screen and the fingerprint acquisition device, wherein the processing circuit is configured to;
grant access to a set of first files without granting access to content of second files stored on the apparatus in response to a user performing, on the touch screen, a geometric pattern in a predetermined direction;
grant access to the content of the second files in response to the user entering, on the fingerprint acquisition device, a fingerprint that is determined by the processing circuit to match a known fingerprint; and
grant access to the content of the second files in response to the user entering, on the touch screen, a password that is determined by the processing circuit to match a known password.
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Abstract
A method and system for authenticating a user to access a computer system. The method comprises communicating security information to the computer system, and providing the computer system with an implicit input. The method further comprises determining whether the security information and implicit input match corresponding information associated with the user. The method further comprises granting the user access to the computer system in the event of a satisfactory match. When authenticating the user, the method and system consider the possibility of the user being legitimate but subject to duress or force by a computer hacker.
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23 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a touch screen sensitive to a user'"'"'s touch; a fingerprint acquisition device to sense a fingerprint; and a user access system comprising a processing circuit coupled to the touch screen and the fingerprint acquisition device, wherein the processing circuit is configured to; grant access to a set of first files without granting access to content of second files stored on the apparatus in response to a user performing, on the touch screen, a geometric pattern in a predetermined direction; grant access to the content of the second files in response to the user entering, on the fingerprint acquisition device, a fingerprint that is determined by the processing circuit to match a known fingerprint; and grant access to the content of the second files in response to the user entering, on the touch screen, a password that is determined by the processing circuit to match a known password. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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granting, with an access system of an apparatus comprising memory storing data and computer hardware, limited access to the stored data when the computer hardware detects a geometric pattern performed by a user in a predetermined direction on a touch screen of the apparatus; and granting, with the computer hardware, additional access to the stored data when at least a first satisfactory match or a second satisfactory match occurs, the first satisfactory match occurring when the computer hardware determines that a fingerprint entered by the user on a fingerprint acquisition device matches a known fingerprint, and the second satisfactory match occurring when the computer hardware determines that a password entered by the user on the touch screen matches a known password. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus comprising:
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a touch screen sensitive to a user'"'"'s touch; a device to sense a physical feature of a user; memory to store at least one file; and an access system comprising a processing circuit coupled to the touch screen, the device, and the memory; wherein the access system grants limited access to the apparatus based upon the user performing, on the touch screen, a geometric pattern in a specified direction that is detected by the access system; and wherein the access system grants additional access to the apparatus based upon one or more of the device sensing a physical feature that is determined by the access system to match a known physical feature, and a user entering, on the touch screen, a password that is determined by the access system to match a known password. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An electronic device comprising:
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a touch screen; a fingerprint acquisition device; memory to store at least a first file and a second file; and a user access system comprising a processing circuit coupled to the touch screen, the fingerprint acquisition device, and the memory; the user access system to grant limited access to the first file without granting access to the second file in response to a user performing, on the touch screen, a geometric pattern in a predetermined direction that is detected by the user access system; and the user access system to grant additional access to the first file and access to the second file in response to at least one matching event, the at least one matching event selected from the group consisting of a match, determined by the user access system, between an acquired fingerprint and a known fingerprint, and a match, determined by the user access system, between a password entered by the user on the touch screen and a known password. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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