System and method for mobile device docking station

• US 9,946,300 B2
• Filed: 08/09/2016
• Issued: 04/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (JP Morgan Chase & Co)
• Original Assignee: JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (JP Morgan Chase & Co)
• Inventors: Rosenberg, Nicholas Kim, Carey, Richard John, Vincent, Marsha A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Zaman, Faisal M
• Application Number:
  US15/232,417
• Publication Number:
  US 20160349795A1
• Time in Patent Office: 616 Days
• Field of Search: 710301-304
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/4081 Live connection to bus, e.g. hot-plugging current or voltage limitation during live insertion H02H9/004
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0044 specially adapted for holding portable devices containing batteries H02J7/0045 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3213 using tickets or tokens, e.g. Kerberos network architectures or network communication protocols for entities authentication using tickets in a packet data network H04L63/0807
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3231 Biological data, e.g. fingerprint, voice or retina network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting authentication of entities using biometrical features in a packet data network H04L63/0861

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention are related to systems and methods for a docking station that wirelessly connects to a mobile device, facilitates charging the mobile device, and enables the mobile device to interact with a virtual desktop infrastructure.

Claims

1. A docking station, comprising:

a communication interface to wirelessly communicate with a mobile device;

a peripheral interface to provide access to at least one peripheral device;

an authentication interface to provide at least two layers of authentication for a user of the mobile device; and

a processor to facilitate a connection of the mobile device to a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environment on a remote computer providing interaction with the VDI environment using the mobile device, upon successful completion of the at least two layers of authentication.

2. The docking station of claim 1, wherein one layer of authentication includes a biometric sensor.

3. The docking station of claim 1, wherein one layer of authentication includes a smart token reader.

4. The docking station of claim 1, wherein the at least two layers of authentication includes a biometric sensor and a smart token reader.

5. The docking station of claim 1, wherein authentication of the user of the mobile device includes communicating with an outside computer.

6. The docking station of claim 1, wherein the communication interface is configured to communicate with a plurality of mobile devices;

and

wherein the docking station further comprises a selection device to select a primary mobile device to wirelessly connect to the docking station.

7. The docking station of claim 1, wherein the at least one peripheral device is a three dimensional (3-D) display device.

8. The docking station of claim 7, wherein the 3-D display device to display the VDI environment.

9. The docking station of claim 1, wherein the docking station connects to an automobile and the mobile device is used to control at least one functionality of the automobile.

10. A method for providing a docking station, comprising:

wirelessly communicating the mobile device;

providing access to at least one peripheral device;

performing a first layer of authentication for a user of the mobile device;

upon successful completion of the first layer of authentication, performing second layer of authentication for the user of the mobile device; and

upon successful completion of the second layer of authentication, connecting the mobile device to a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environment on a remote computer providing interaction with the VDI environment using the mobile device.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first layer of authentication uses biometric data of the user.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the second layer of authentication uses a smart token.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the first layer of authentication uses biometric data of the user and the second layer of authentication uses a smart token.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the first layer or second layer of authentication includes communicating with an outside computer.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

from a plurality of mobile devices, selecting a primary mobile device to wirelessly communicate with the docking station.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

displaying the VDI environment in 3-D.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

connecting the mobile device to an automobile; and

using the mobile device, controlling at least one functionality of the automobile.

18. A docking station, comprising:

means for wirelessly communicating with a mobile device;

means for providing access to at least one peripheral device;

means for authenticating a user of the mobile device using at least two layers of authentication; and

means for connecting the mobile device to a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environment on a remote computer providing interaction with the VDI environment using the mobile device, upon successful completion of the at least two layers of authentication.

19. The docking station of claim 18, further comprising:

means for displaying the VDI environment in 3-D.

20. The docking station of claim 18, further comprising:

means for connecting the docking station to an automobile for the mobile device to control at least one functionality of the automobile.