US 10,768,722 B2 · Pressure-sensitive authentication

Abstract

In one or more embodiments described herein, device, computer-implemented methods, and/or computer program products that facilitate biometric authentication. According to an embodiment, a device can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes the computer executable components. The computer executable components can comprise a sensor component comprising one or more pressure sensors and that measures pressure. The computer executable components can further comprise a pressure processing component that determines a first pressure sequence employed to authenticate the device, wherein the first pressure sequence is determined based on a pressure applied at the one or more pressure sensors. The computer executable components can further comprise an authentication component that authenticates the first pressure sequence by determining that the first pressure sequence matches an authentication pressure sequence.

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Dependent claims

A device, comprising:

a memory that stores computer executable components;
a processor that executes the computer executable components;
a sensor component comprising one or more pressure sensors that measure one or more pressures;
a pressure processing component that determines a first pressure sequence employed to authenticate the device, wherein the first pressure sequence is determined based on the one or more pressures applied at the one or more pressure sensors;
an authentication component that authenticates the first pressure sequence by determining that the first pressure sequence matches an authentication pressure sequence;
and
an access component that grants access to data from one or more partitions of the memory incrementally, according to a plurality of security schemes, to the one or more partitions of the memory or to the computing system in response to the authentication of the first pressure sequence;
and wherein the first pressure sequence is composed of one or more values selected from a group consisting of:
a pressure strength value, a pressure application rate value, a pressure application duration value, a frequency of pressure application value, a connection status value, and an actuation instrument value.

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A computer program product for authenticating a device by measuring pressure applied on the device, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to:

measure, by the processor, one or more pressures via one or more pressure sensors;
determine, by the processor, a first pressure sequence employed to authenticate the device, wherein the first pressure sequence is determined based on the one or more pressures applied at the one or more pressure sensors;
authenticate, by the processor, the first pressure sequence by determining that the first pressure sequence matches an authentication pressure sequence;
and
grant access, by the processor, to data from one or more partitions of a memory incrementally, according to a plurality of security schemes, to the one or more partitions of the memory or to a computing system in response to the authentication of the first pressure sequence;
and wherein the first pressure sequence is composed of one or more values selected from a group consisting of:
a pressure strength value, a pressure application rate value, a pressure application duration value, a frequency of pressure application value, a connection status value, and an actuation instrument value.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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