Method for effecting an authentication procedure associated with a service provider or an application
AssigneeMastercard Asia/Pacific Pte. Ltd.
InventorsRajat Maheshwari, Frederic Fortin, Vijin Venugopalan
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Abstract
A computer device for effecting an authentication procedure associated with a service provider or an application, including a plurality of sensors; and one or more processors in communication with the sensors and non-transitory data storage including, stored thereon, a plurality of instructions which, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of (a) receiving an authentication procedure request; (b) determining a hierarchy of authentication processes for the authentication procedure; (c) selecting an authentication process from the hierarchy of authentication processes; and (d) executing the authentication process.
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A computer device for effecting an authentication procedure associated with a service provider or an application, including:
- a plurality of sensors for evaluating environmental characteristics of the computer device, the environmental characteristics including one or more of ambient relative humidity, ambient temperature, ambient light, and motion of the computer device;
- a plurality of biometric sensors, each configured for an authentication process so that, as a result, the plurality of biometric sensors is associated with a plurality of authentication processes, the plurality of biometric sensors being separate from the plurality of sensors, wherein, a first of the plurality of biometric sensors being configured for fingerprint authentication, and, a second of the plurality of biometric sensors being configured for facial recognition;
- and,
- one or more processors in communication with the plurality of sensors, the plurality of biometric sensors, and non-transitory data storage including, stored thereon, a plurality of instructions which, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform steps of:
- responsive to receiving an authentication procedure request, associate each of the authentication processes with a priority score of zero;
- responsive to receiving the authentication procedure request, conducting a reading by each of the plurality of sensors;
- prioritizing the plurality of biometric sensors by adjusting the priority score for each of the plurality of biometric sensors based on the readings of the plurality of sensors, to generate a hierarchy of the authentication processes associated with the plurality of biometric sensors, wherein, the adjusted priority scores of the plurality of biometric sensors represent operability of the plurality of biometric sensors based on the readings of the plurality of sensors;
- selecting one of the plurality of biometric sensors as a highest-priority biometric sensor based on a highest prioritized of the plurality of biometric sensors within the hierarchy;
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- executing the authentication procedure using the highest-priority biometric sensor.
A method, using a computer device, for effecting an authentication procedure associated with a service provider or an application, including steps of:
- receiving an authentication procedure request;
- responsive to receiving the authentication procedure request, conducting readings by a plurality of sensors for evaluating environmental characteristics of the computer device, the environmental characteristics including one or more of ambient relative humidity, ambient temperature, ambient light, and motion of the computer device;
- responsive to receiving the authentication procedure request, prioritizing a plurality of biometric sensors by assigning a priority score, initially set to zero, for each of the plurality of biometric sensors based on the readings of the plurality of sensors, each of the plurality of biometric sensors being configured for an authentication process so that, as a result, the plurality of biometric sensors is associated with a plurality of authentication processes, the priority scores of the plurality of biometric sensors generating a hierarchy of the authentication processes associated with the plurality of biometric sensors, the plurality of biometric sensors being separate from the plurality of sensors, wherein, a first of the plurality of biometric sensors being configured for fingerprint authentication, and, a second of the plurality of biometric sensors being configured for facial recognition, and, wherein the priority scores of the plurality of biometric sensors represent operability of the plurality of biometric sensors based on the readings of the plurality of sensors;
- selecting one of the plurality of biometric sensors as a highest-priority biometric sensor based on a highest prioritized of the plurality of biometric sensors within the hierarchy;
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- executing the authentication procedure using the highest-priority biometric sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.