Background enrollment and authentication of a user
First Claim
1. A method for authenticating a user of an electronic device that includes a biometric sensing device, the method comprising:
- capturing, at a first time, as part of background operations of the electronic device, a first biometric image as the user interacts with the electronic device;
receiving first user identification data (UID) from the user as the user interacts with the electronic device;
tagging the first biometric image with the first UID when the first biometric image and the first UID are received within a given time period of each other;
if the first biometric image and the first UID are received within the given time period of each other, assigning the tagged first biometric image to a cluster, wherein the cluster comprises one or more biometric images associated with a respective biometric attribute of the user;
if the first biometric image and the first UID are not received within the given time period of each other, assigning the untagged first biometric image to the cluster;
capturing, at a second time, as part of the background operations of the electronic device, a second biometric image as the user interacts with the electronic device;
determining if the second biometric image matches the first biometric image in the cluster; and
providing the user with automatic access to the electronic device or to the application on the electronic device only when the second biometric image matches the first biometric image and the first biometric image is tagged with the first UID.
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Abstract
An electronic device can include a processing device operatively connected to a biometric sensing device. The biometric sensing device may capture a biometric image each time a user interacts with the electronic device. When the user enters user identification data (UID) and a biometric image was recently captured, the biometric image is tagged with the UID. The user can access the electronic device and/or an application being accessed on the electronic device when a subsequently captured biometric image matches a tagged biometric image or an untagged biometric image that is assigned to a cluster that includes a tagged biometric image.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for authenticating a user of an electronic device that includes a biometric sensing device, the method comprising:
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capturing, at a first time, as part of background operations of the electronic device, a first biometric image as the user interacts with the electronic device; receiving first user identification data (UID) from the user as the user interacts with the electronic device; tagging the first biometric image with the first UID when the first biometric image and the first UID are received within a given time period of each other; if the first biometric image and the first UID are received within the given time period of each other, assigning the tagged first biometric image to a cluster, wherein the cluster comprises one or more biometric images associated with a respective biometric attribute of the user; if the first biometric image and the first UID are not received within the given time period of each other, assigning the untagged first biometric image to the cluster; capturing, at a second time, as part of the background operations of the electronic device, a second biometric image as the user interacts with the electronic device; determining if the second biometric image matches the first biometric image in the cluster; and providing the user with automatic access to the electronic device or to the application on the electronic device only when the second biometric image matches the first biometric image and the first biometric image is tagged with the first UID. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An electronic device, comprising:
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a processing device; a biometric sensing device operatively connected to the processing device, wherein the biometric sensing device is configured to capture, as part of background operations of the electronic device, biometric images as a user interacts with the electronic device and the processing device is configured to receive user identification data (UID) from the user as the user interacts with the electronic device and tags at least one of the biometric images with the UID when the at least one biometric image and the UID are received within a given time period of each other; and a memory operatively connected to the processing device and to the biometric sensing device, the memory configured to store the tagged at least one biometric image in a cluster, the cluster comprising one or more biometric images associated with a respective biometric attribute of the user. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for authenticating multiple users of an electronic device that includes a biometric sensing device, the method comprising:
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capturing, as part of background operations of the electronic device, a first biometric image as a first user interacts with the electronic device; receiving first user identification data (UID) from a first the user as the first user interacts with the electronic device; tagging the first biometric image with the first UID when the first biometric image and the first UID are received within a given time period of each other; assigning the first biometric image tagged with the first UID to a first cluster associated with the first user, wherein the first cluster comprises the first biometric image tagged with the first UID and an untagged biometric image associated with the first user; capturing, as part of the background operations of the electronic device, a second biometric image as the first user interacts with the electronic device; and providing the first user with automatic access to the electronic device or to the application on the electronic device only when the second biometric image matches the first biometric image tagged with the first UID. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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