PERSONAL DIGITAL IDENTITY DEVICE WITH MICROPHONE

• US 20140282987A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sideassure Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Tyfone Incorporated
• Inventors: Narendra, Siva G., Tadepalli, Prabhakar, Chakraborty, Saurav
• Granted Patent: US 9,183,371 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/9
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/35 communicating wirelessly
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/44 Program or device authentication
• 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: H04W 12/065 Continuous authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/069 using certificates or pre-shared keys

Abstract

A personal digital ID device provides a digital identifier to a service for a predetermined duration in response to user interaction. The user interaction may include a button press. The personal digital ID device may be in the form of a bracelet, a key fob, or other form factor. The service may be provided by a mobile device, in the cloud, or elsewhere.

Claims

1. A personal digital ID device comprising:

a crypto/cipher engine having at least one digital identifier;

a button accessible to a user of the personal digital ID device;

a microphone to capture a user voice for authentication;

a radio;

a processor coupled to the crypto/cipher engine, the button, the microphone, and the radio, the processor configured to validate a user through a voiceprint analysis and to make the digital identifier available to a service for a predetermined duration using the radio in response to user interaction with the button.

2. The personal digital ID device of claim 1 wherein the crypto/cipher engine comprises a smartcard controller.

3. The personal digital ID device of claim 1 wherein the crypto/cipher engine comprises a plurality of smartcard secure elements.

4. The personal digital ID device of claim 1 wherein the crypto/cipher engine is user-removable from the personal digital ID device.

5. The personal digital ID device of claim 4 wherein the crypto/cipher engine resides on a subscriber identity module (SIM) card.

6. The personal digital ID device of claim 1 wherein the radio comprises a near-field radio.

7. The personal digital ID device of claim 6 wherein the near-field radio comprises a ISO 14443 compatible radio.

8. The personal digital ID device of claim 6 wherein the near-field radio comprises a ISO 18092 compatible radio.

9. The personal digital ID device of claim 1 wherein the radio comprises a non-near-field radio.

10. The personal digital ID device of claim 9 wherein the non-near-field radio comprises a Bluetooth radio.

11. The personal digital ID device of claim 1 wherein the radio comprises a near-field radio and a non-near-field radio.

12. The personal digital ID device of claim 1 further comprising a flexible housing to allow the personal digital ID device to be worn as a personal accessory.

13. The personal digital ID device of claim 8 wherein the flexible housing includes a bracelet shape.

22. The personal digital ID device of claim 8 wherein the user accessible hardware-based interactive component comprises a button.

14. A bracelet comprising:

a housing formed to encircle a user'"'"'s wrist;

a crypto/cipher engine having at least one digital identifier;

a button accessible to a user of the personal digital ID device;

a microphone to capture a user voice for authentication;

a radio;

a processor coupled to the crypto/cipher engine, the button, the microphone, and the radio, the processor configured to validate a user through a voiceprint analysis and to make the digital identifier available for a predetermined duration to a service using the radio in response to user interaction with the button.

15. The bracelet of claim 14 wherein the crypto/cipher engine comprises a smartcard secure element.

16. The bracelet of claim 14 wherein the radio comprises a near-field radio.

17. The bracelet of claim 14 wherein the radio comprises a non-near-field radio.

18. A personal digital ID device that includes a radio, a user accessible hardware-based interaction component, a microphone to allow user validation through a voice print analysis, and a smartcard secure element operable to provide identity authentication to a mobile phone over a radio link only when a user interacts with the hardware-based interaction component.

19. The personal digital ID device of claim 18 further comprising a housing in the shape of a bracelet.

20. The personal digital ID device of claim 19 wherein the radio comprises a near-field radio.

21. The personal digital ID device of claim 19 wherein the radio comprises a non-near-field radio.