US 10,380,331 B2Granted

Device authentication

AssigneeNetIQ Corporation

InventorsLloyd Leon Burch, Baha Masoud

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Abstract

Multi-touch groupings of characters are detected for device authentication and access. In an embodiment, one or more non-character based factors are used in combination with an inputted authentication code (character based) for device authentication and access.

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A method, comprising:

obtaining, by a device, multiple inputs associated with an access code, wherein at least one of the inputs is a multi-touch input comprised of multiple pressed characters that are pressed simultaneously as a first combination and at least another of the inputs is a second multi-touch input comprised of additional multiple pressed characters that are pressed simultaneously in a second combination;
authenticating, by the device, the multiple inputs to determine whether access is to be granted or denied when a first-released character from the multiple pressed characters of the first combination is released and when a second-released character from the additional multiple pressed characters is released, wherein authenticating further includes comparing the first combination and the second combination against the access code for a user-input match, determining a current state or a current position of the device when the first combination and the second combination are entered by a user operating the device as a device factor, comparing the device factor against an expected state or an expected position of the device for a device factor match;
granting, by the device, access to the device based on a presence of both the user-input match and the device factor match.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions which when executed by a processor of a device perform a method to:

obtain multiple inputs associated with an access code including a first input that is a first multi-touch input representing first multiple pressed characters that are pressed simultaneously in a first combination and a second input that is a second multi-touch input representing second multiple pressed characters that are pressed simultaneously in a second combination;
and
authenticate the first input and the second input and determine determining whether an access to the device having the processor is to be granted or denied when a first released input from the first combination is released and when a second released input from second combination is released by comparing the first combination and the second combination against the access code for a user-inputted match, determining a current state or a current position of the device when the first combination and the second combination are entered by a user operating the device as a device factor, comparing the device factor against an expected state or an expected position of the device for a device factor match, and granting the user access to the device based on a presence of both the user-inputted match and the device factor match.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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US 10,380,331 B2Granted

Device authentication

AssigneeNetIQ Corporation

InventorsLloyd Leon Burch, Baha Masoud

Life of this patent

About 8 years 3 months of term left · ends 9 Feb 2035 (estimated)

Priority14 Oct 2014

Published14 Apr 2016

Granted13 Aug 2019

Today12 Oct 2026

Term ends9 Feb 2035

Priority14 Oct 2014

Granted13 Aug 2019

Term ends9 Feb 2035

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Abstract

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Claims16

Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

obtaining, by a device, multiple inputs associated with an access code, wherein at least one of the inputs is a multi-touch input comprised of multiple pressed characters that are pressed simultaneously as a first combination and at least another of the inputs is a second multi-touch input comprised of additional multiple pressed characters that are pressed simultaneously in a second combination;
authenticating, by the device, the multiple inputs to determine whether access is to be granted or denied when a first-released character from the multiple pressed characters of the first combination is released and when a second-released character from the additional multiple pressed characters is released, wherein authenticating further includes comparing the first combination and the second combination against the access code for a user-input match, determining a current state or a current position of the device when the first combination and the second combination are entered by a user operating the device as a device factor, comparing the device factor against an expected state or an expected position of the device for a device factor match;
granting, by the device, access to the device based on a presence of both the user-input match and the device factor match.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions which when executed by a processor of a device perform a method to:

obtain multiple inputs associated with an access code including a first input that is a first multi-touch input representing first multiple pressed characters that are pressed simultaneously in a first combination and a second input that is a second multi-touch input representing second multiple pressed characters that are pressed simultaneously in a second combination;
and
authenticate the first input and the second input and determine determining whether an access to the device having the processor is to be granted or denied when a first released input from the first combination is released and when a second released input from second combination is released by comparing the first combination and the second combination against the access code for a user-inputted match, determining a current state or a current position of the device when the first combination and the second combination are entered by a user operating the device as a device factor, comparing the device factor against an expected state or an expected position of the device for a device factor match, and granting the user access to the device based on a presence of both the user-inputted match and the device factor match.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Description4,218 words

Summary257 words

#Increasingly, consumers are using devices to perform a variety of transactions that are sensitive in nature, such as financial and personal. Thus, security for accessing these devices has become extremely important to the consumer and as a result the industry at large that sell products and services to the consumer.

#For example, Personal Identification Number (PIN) codes are being deployed in more and more devices and applications beyond just the conventional Automated Teller Machine (ATM) applications for which PIN codes were originally associated with. In most cases, PIN codes are limited to four numeric values that are entered into a device by pressing one alphanumeric code at a time in a predefined sequence. Such application, limits the number of possible entries to about 10,000 and may also be easy for an eavesdropper to see when in proximity to a consumer entering a PIN code

#In fact, in mobile device applications, the User Interface (UI) strives to limit the number of key strokes to a bare minimum for a PIN code of a consumer.

Brief description of the drawings4 figures

#FIG. 1A-1C are diagrams depicting some example PIN code entries and entry sequences, according to an example embodiment.

#FIG. 2 is a diagram of a method for device authentication, according to an example embodiment.

#FIG. 3 is a diagram of another method for device authentication, according to an example embodiment.

Detailed description3,897 words

#A “processing environment” defines a set of cooperating computing resources, such as machines (processor and memory-enabled devices), storage, software libraries, software systems, etc. that form a logical computing infrastructure. A “logical computing infrastructure” means that computing resources can be geographically distributed across a network, such as the Internet. So, one computing resource at network site X and be logically combined with another computing resource at network site Y to form a logical processing environment.

#The phrases “processing environment,” “cloud processing environment,” and the term “cloud” may be used interchangeably and synonymously herein.

#Moreover, it is noted that a “cloud” refers to a logical and/or physical processing environment as discussed above.

Facts

Application: 14/513,441Filed 14 Oct 2014
Published: US 2016/0103989 A114 Apr 2016
Granted: 13 Aug 2019
Term ends: 9 Feb 2035
Estimated · howhide
20 years from earliest known nonprovisional domestic filing plus recorded patent term adjustment, including 118 days of adjustment. Maintenance-fee lapses, terminal disclaimers and statutory extensions have not been checked. The continuity chain may be incomplete; this is not an enforceability determination.

Classification2 codes

G06F 21/31
Authentication, i.e. establishing the identity or authorisation of security principals: user authentication
G06F
Computing and data processing

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US 2016/0103989 A1Pre-grant publication · published 14 Apr 2016
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Timeline

14 Oct 2014Application filedUS 14/513,441
6 Nov 2014Assigned to Netiq Corporationassignment of assignor's interest
14 Apr 2016PublishedUS 2016/0103989 A1
11 Oct 2017Assigned to Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A.security interest
13 Aug 2019GrantedUS 10,380,331 B2
2 Feb 2023Assigned to Micro Focus LLC (F/K/A Entit Software LLC), Borland Software Corporation, Micro Focus (US), Inc., Serena Software, Inc, Attachmate Corporation, Micro Focus Software Inc. (F/K/A Novell, Inc.), Netiq Corporationrelease of security interest reel/frame 044183/0718
11 Feb 2026Assigned to Micro Focus LLCassignment of assignor's interest
12 Oct 2026TodayWithin its term
9 Feb 2035Term endsEstimated, includes 118 days of adjustment

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