Continual Authorization for Secured Functions
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsByron B. Han, Simon Patience
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Abstract
A computing device may determine to execute a secured function. The computing may obtain a biometric of the user of the computing device utilizing one or more biometric sensors associated with the computing device, determine that the biometric matches the biometric of a user authorized to utilize the secured function, and execute the secured function. Whenever during execution of the secured function the computing device determines that the biometric sensor no longer detects the biometric of the user, the computing device may cease execution of the secured function.
Claims22
A system for continual authorization for secured functions, comprising:
- at least one processing unit;
- at least one biometric sensor communicably coupled to the at least one processing unit;
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- at least one non-transitory storage medium storing instructions executable by the at least one processing unit to:
- determine to execute at least one secured function;
- begin executing the at least one secured function if the at least one processing unit receives at least one biometric via the at least one biometric sensor that is associated with at least one authorization to execute the at least one secured function;
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- continue executing the at least one secured function only while the at least one processing unit continues to receive the at least one biometric via the at least one biometric sensor.
A machine implemented method for continual authorization for secured functions, the method comprising:
- determining, utilizing at least one processing unit, to execute at least one secured function;
- beginning to execute the at least one secured function, utilizing at least one processing unit, if the at least one processing unit receives at least one biometric via at least one biometric sensor that is associated with at least one authorization to execute the at least one secured function;
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- continuing to execute the at least one secured function, utilizing at least one processing unit, only while the at least one processing unit continues to receive the at least one biometric via the at least one biometric sensor.
A computer program product comprising:
- a first set of instructions, stored in at least one non-transitory machine readable medium, executable by at least one processing unit to determine to execute at least one secured function;
- a second set of instructions, stored in the at least one non-transitory machine readable medium, executable by the at least one processing unit to begin executing the at least one secured function if the at least one processing unit receives at least one biometric via at least one biometric sensor that is associated with at least one authorization to execute the at least one secured function;
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- a third set of instructions, stored in the at least one non-transitory machine readable medium, executable by the at least one processing unit to continue executing the at least one secured function only while the at least one processing unit continues to receive the at least one biometric via the at least one biometric sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.