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US 2015/0317468 A1Published application
Configurable personal digital identity device with authentication using image received over radio link
AssigneeTyfone, Inc.
InventorsSiva G. Narendra, Prabhakar Tadepalli, Saurav Chakraborty
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Abstract
A personal digital ID device provides a digital identifier to a service for a predetermined duration in response to user interaction. The user interaction may include a button press. The personal digital ID device may be in the form of a bracelet, a key fob, or other form factor. The service may be provided by a mobile device, in the cloud, or elsewhere.
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A personal digital ID device comprising:
- a crypto/cipher engine having at least one digital identifier;
- a button accessible to a user of the personal digital ID device;
- a radio;
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- a processor coupled to the crypto/cipher engine, the button, and the radio, the processor configured to set a radio communication parameter in response to user interaction with the button, and to receive an image from the radio, the image to be used for authentication to a cloud service, wherein the authentication is available only for a predetermined period of time after the user interaction with the button.
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A personal digital ID device comprising:
- a crypto/cipher engine having at least one digital identifier;
- a battery;
- a button accessible to a user of the personal digital ID device;
- a radio;
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- a processor coupled to the crypto/cipher engine, the button, the battery, and the radio, the processor configured to receive an image from the radio for authentication and to make the at least one digital identifier available to a service over a radio link in response to a first user interaction with the button and to set a radio communication parameter in response to a second user interaction with the button.
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A personal digital ID device comprising:
- a crypto/cipher engine having at least one digital identifier;
- a button accessible to a user of the personal digital ID device;
- a near-field radio;
- a non-near-field radio;
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- a processor coupled to the crypto/cipher engine, the button, the near-field radio, and the non-near-field radio, the processor configured to receive an image from the radio for authentication and to make the at least one digital identifier available to a service over a radio link in response to a first user interaction with the button and to set a radio communication parameter in response to a second user interaction with the button.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.