US 11,386,189 B2Granted

Implementation of biometric authentication

AssigneeApple Inc.

InventorsMarcel Van Os, Peter D. Anton, Lynne Devine, Alan C. Dye, Grant Paul

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Abstract

The present disclosure relates generally to implementing biometric authentication, including providing user interfaces for: a biometric enrollment process tutorial, aligning a biometric feature for enrollment, enrolling a biometric feature, providing hints during a biometric enrollment process, application-based biometric authentication, autofilling biometrically secured fields, unlocking a device using biometric authentication, retrying biometric authentication, managing transfers using biometric authentication, interstitial user interfaces during biometric authentication, preventing retrying biometric authentication, cached biometric authentication, autofilling fillable fields based on visibility criteria, automatic log-in using biometric authentication, retrying biometric authentication at a credential entry user interface, providing indications of error conditions during biometric authentication, providing indications about the biometric sensor during biometric authentication, and orienting the device to enroll a biometric feature.

Claims30

Dependent claims

An electronic device, comprising:

a touch-sensitive display;
one or more biometric sensors;
one or more processors;
and
memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
while the device is in a locked state, displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, a credential entry user interface with a plurality of character entry keys;
while displaying the credential entry user interface with the plurality of character entry keys, receiving, via the touch-sensitive display, a sequence of one or more touch inputs;
and
in response to receiving the sequence of one or more touch inputs:
in accordance with a determination that the sequence of one or more touch inputs includes movement of a contact on the touch-sensitive display, wherein movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive display includes a swipe over the credential entry user interface with the plurality of character entry keys, and meets a first set of one or more criteria, the first set of one or more criteria including a requirement that biometric authentication is currently enabled on the electronic device, attempting to biometrically authenticate the user of the electronic device responsive to the swipe over the credential entry user interface and based on biometric information captured using the one or more biometric sensors, wherein the biometric information includes at least a portion of a face;
and
in accordance with a determination that the sequence of one or more touch inputs includes input of a sequence of characters via selection of two or more of the plurality of character entry keys and corresponds to a valid password or passcode, transitioning the device from the locked state to an unlocked state;
and
in accordance with a determination that the sequence of one or more touch inputs includes input of a sequence of characters via selection of two or more of the plurality of character entry keys and does not correspond to a valid password or passcode, maintaining the device in the locked state.

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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display and one or more biometric sensors, the one or more programs including instructions for:

while the device is in a locked state, displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, a credential entry user interface with a plurality of character entry keys;
while displaying the credential entry user interface with the plurality of character entry keys, receiving, via the touch-sensitive display, a sequence of one or more touch inputs;
and
in response to receiving the sequence of one or more touch inputs:
in accordance with a determination that the sequence of one or more touch inputs includes movement of a contact on the touch-sensitive display, wherein movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive display includes a swipe over the credential entry user interface with the plurality of character entry keys, and meets a first set of one or more criteria, the first set of one or more criteria including a requirement that biometric authentication is currently enabled on the electronic device, attempting to biometrically authenticate the user of the electronic device responsive to the swipe over the credential entry user interface and based on biometric information captured using the one or more biometric sensors, wherein the biometric information includes at least a portion of a face;
and
in accordance with a determination that the sequence of one or more touch inputs includes input of a sequence of characters via selection of two or more of the plurality of character entry keys and corresponds to a valid password or passcode, transitioning the device from the locked state to an unlocked state;
and
in accordance with a determination that the sequence of one or more touch inputs includes input of a sequence of characters via selection of two or more of the plurality of character entry keys and does not correspond to a valid password or passcode, maintaining the device in the locked state.

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A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display and one or more biometric sensors:
while the device is in a locked state, displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, a credential entry user interface with a plurality of character entry keys;
while displaying the credential entry user interface with the plurality of character entry keys, receiving, via the touch-sensitive display, a sequence of one or more touch inputs;
and
in response to receiving the sequence of one or more touch inputs:
in accordance with a determination that the sequence of one or more touch inputs includes movement of a contact on the touch-sensitive display, wherein movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive display includes a swipe over the credential entry user interface with the plurality of character entry keys, and meets a first set of one or more criteria, the first set of one or more criteria including a requirement that biometric authentication is currently enabled on the electronic device, attempting to biometrically authenticate the user of the electronic device responsive to the swipe over the credential entry user interface and based on biometric information captured using the one or more biometric sensors, wherein the biometric information includes at least a portion of a face;
and
in accordance with a determination that the sequence of one or more touch inputs includes input of a sequence of characters via selection of two or more of the plurality of character entry keys and corresponds to a valid password or passcode, transitioning the device from the locked state to an unlocked state;
and
in accordance with a determination that the sequence of one or more touch inputs includes input of a sequence of characters via selection of two or more of the plurality of character entry keys and does not correspond to a valid password or passcode, maintaining the device in the locked state.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/125,267Filed 7 Sep 2018 · us provisional application
Priority: 9 Sep 2017
Published: US 2019/0080070 A114 Mar 2019
Granted: 12 Jul 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification16 codes

G06F 21/32
User authentication: using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
G06F 1/1686
Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675: the I/O peripheral…
G06F 3/016
Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer: input arrangements with force or tactile…
G06F 3/0346
Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user , e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor: with detection of the…

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Application62/556,413Us provisional application · filed 9 Sep 2017
Application62/557,130Us provisional application · filed 11 Sep 2017
Application62/581,025Us provisional application · filed 2 Nov 2017
Application62/679,955Us provisional application · filed 3 Jun 2018
US 2019/0080070 A1Pre-grant publication · published 14 Mar 2019
US 11,386,189 B2This patent

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