US 12,223,069 B1Granted

System and method for securely viewing, editing, sharing, and logging documents and other files and information, and authenticating users in video and images

AssigneeSmart Eye Technology, Inc.

InventorDexter A. Caffey

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Abstract

The present invention allows for the creation of a biometrically secure environment that allows viewing, editing and sharing of confidential documents, or the like, in public places, without worrying that someone will see the contents. The invention provides privacy, for example for the purposes of reading documents, in a public environment while having the confidence that you are the only one able to read the document. Privacy may be achieved through methods of identification using biometric features, such as: face, iris or voice recognition. Verification that a real person is viewing the document may also be achieved by pulse recognition. In one embodiment, the screen will shut down when more than one person looks directly at the screen. In different embodiments, the present invention may use voice recognition, print behavior, iris scan, finger print, face verification, etc. A control panel and dashboard may be used, and liveness check or activity audit may be performed. In further embodiments, a document may be securely shared with groups of recipients; a user may be authenticated while video chatting; voice commands may be used to upload, share, send, and open documents; commands may be provided to allow for documents to be read out loud; documents that are shared during screen sharing during a video conference session may be logged; and documents may be scanned and uploaded into the system.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A system for managing access to a display of a user device comprising:

a user device with a display;
a detection device for capturing a field of view in proximity to the display;
and
a processor for:
creating a user profile associated with a user, wherein the user profile includes a plurality of biometric features associated with the user and a weight associated with each of the plurality of biometric features;
creating a file profile associated with a file, wherein the file profile includes an authorized user, functions that the authorized user can perform on the file, and a minimum confidence level required for the user to be identified as the authorized user;
upon detecting in the field of view a person,
determining a first biometric feature of the person;
calculating a confidence level using:
the first biometric feature of the plurality of biometric features of the person,
the plurality of biometric features from the user profile, and
the weight associated with each of the plurality of biometric features of the user profile;
if the calculated confidence level exceeds a predetermined threshold, identifying the person as the authorized user for the file;
if the calculated confidence level falls below the predetermined threshold, requesting the person to provide an additional biometric feature of the plurality of biometric features, and re-calculating the confidence level with the additional biometric feature and the weight associated with the additional biometric feature until either the calculated confidence level exceeds the predetermined threshold or there are no more additional biometric features of the plurality of biometric features to be determined, in which case the user is not identified as the authorized user;
if the person is identified as the authorized user, activating the display to allow the authorized user to perform the functions that the authorized user can perform on the file;
and
if the person is not identified as the authorized user, deactivating the display to prevent the person from performing the functions that the authorized user can perform on the file.

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A method for managing access to a display of a user device comprising a processor, the display and a detection device for capturing a field of view in proximity to the display, the method comprising:

creating a user profile associated with a user, wherein the user profile includes a plurality of biometric features associated with the user and a weight associated with each of the plurality of biometric features;
creating a file profile associated with a file, wherein the file profile includes an authorized user, functions that the authorized user can perform on the file, and a minimum confidence level required for the user to be identified as the authorized user;
upon detecting in the field of view a person,
determining a first biometric feature of the person;
calculating a confidence level using:
the first biometric feature of the plurality of biometric features of the person,
the plurality of biometric features from the user profile, and
the weight associated with each of the plurality of biometric features of the user profile;
if the calculated confidence level exceeds a predetermined threshold, identifying the person as the authorized user for the file;
if the calculated confidence level falls below the predetermined threshold, requesting the person to provide an additional biometric feature of the plurality of biometric features, and re-calculating the confidence level with the additional biometric feature and weight associated with the additional biometric feature until either the calculated confidence level exceeds the predetermined threshold or there are no more additional biometric features of the plurality of biometric features to be determined, in which case the user is not identified as the authorized user;
if the person is identified as the authorized user, activating the display to allow the authorized user to perform the functions that the authorized user can perform on the file;
and
if the person is not identified as the authorized user, deactivating the display to prevent the person from performing the functions that the authorized user can perform on the file.

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A computer program product comprising one or more non-transitory computer readable media comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor associated with a user device, the user device comprising the processor, a display, and a detection device for capturing a field of view in proximity to the display, execute a method comprising:

creating a user profile associated with a user, wherein the user profile includes a plurality of biometric features associated with the user and a weight associated with each of the plurality of biometric features;
creating a file profile associated with a file, wherein the file profile includes an authorized user, functions that the authorized user can perform on the file, and a minimum confidence level required for the user to be identified as the authorized user;
upon detecting in the field of view a person,
determining a first biometric feature of the person;
calculating a confidence level using:
the first biometric feature of the plurality of biometric features of the person,
the plurality of biometric features from the user profile, and
the weight associated with each of the plurality of biometric features of the user profile;
if the calculated confidence level exceeds a predetermined threshold, identifying the person as the authorized user for the file;
if the calculated confidence level falls below the predetermined threshold, requesting the person to provide an additional biometric feature of the plurality of biometric features, and re-calculating the confidence level with the additional biometric feature and the weight associated with the additional biometric feature until either the calculated confidence level exceeds the predetermined threshold or there are no more additional biometric features of the plurality of biometric features to be determined, in which case the user is not identified as the authorized user;
if the person is identified as the authorized user, activating the display to allow the authorized user to perform the functions that the authorized user can perform on the file;
and
if the person is not identified as the authorized user, deactivating the display to prevent the person from performing the functions that the authorized user can perform on the file.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/331,474Filed 26 May 2021 · continuation in part
Priority: 21 Aug 2018
Granted: 11 Feb 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G06F 21/6209
Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules: to a single file or object, e.g. in a secure envelope,…
G06F 16/93
Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types: document management systems
G06F 21/32
User authentication: using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
G06F 21/45
Authentication, i.e. establishing the identity or authorisation of security principals: structures or tools for the administration of authentication

Family

Application62/720,543Us provisional application · filed 21 Aug 2018
Application16/542,451Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 16 Aug 2019
Application63/030,446Us provisional application · filed 27 May 2020
Application63/086,120Us provisional application · filed 1 Oct 2020
US 11,341,222 B1Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 12,223,069 B1This patent

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