Wireless directional identification and verification using wearable electronic devices
First Claim
1. A method for identifying a user associated with a wearable electronic device, the method comprising:
- transmitting, via a first transmitter coupled to the wearable electronic device, directed electromagnetic radiation comprising an identifier associated with a user of the wearable electronic device;
aiming the directed electromagnetic radiation at a target electronic device so as to include the target electronic device within a limited beam width of the directed electromagnetic radiation;
receiving, via a receiver coupled to the wearable electronic device, a challenge signal requesting a verification response verifying the authenticity of the identifier;
detecting a predefined user input; and
responsive to receiving the signal and detecting the predefined user input, transmitting a challenge response corresponding to the predefined user input to a target device with a second transmitter.
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Abstract
Disclosed are systems, methods, and devices for identifying a user associated with a wearable electronic device. First, a directed electromagnetic radiation comprising an identifier associated with a user of the wearable electronic device is transmitted to a first target device. In response, a challenge signal is received requesting a verification response verifying the authenticity of the identifier. The wearable electronic device than detects a predefined user input, and responsive to receiving the challenge signal and detecting the predefined user input, transmits a challenge response corresponding to the predefined user input to a second target device. The first and second target devices may be the same device. The predefined user input may be comprise one or more sensed head movements and/or detected user input operations.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for identifying a user associated with a wearable electronic device, the method comprising:
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transmitting, via a first transmitter coupled to the wearable electronic device, directed electromagnetic radiation comprising an identifier associated with a user of the wearable electronic device; aiming the directed electromagnetic radiation at a target electronic device so as to include the target electronic device within a limited beam width of the directed electromagnetic radiation; receiving, via a receiver coupled to the wearable electronic device, a challenge signal requesting a verification response verifying the authenticity of the identifier; detecting a predefined user input; and responsive to receiving the signal and detecting the predefined user input, transmitting a challenge response corresponding to the predefined user input to a target device with a second transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A wearable electronic device comprising:
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a processor; a user input device; a first transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit directed electromagnetic radiation; a second transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit electromagnetic radiation; and a receiver; wherein the processor is configured to; cause an emission of directed electromagnetic radiation from the first transmitter, the directed electromagnetic radiation configured to transmit an identifier associated with a user of the wearable electronic device to be communication to one or more receiving devices disposed within a limited beam width of the directed electromagnetic radiation; detect a predefined user input via the user input device; and responsive to receiving a challenge signal requesting a verification response verifying an authenticity of the identifier, cause a challenge response corresponding to the predefined user input to be transmitted by the second transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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