Slider authenticator
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsNeil ADAMS, Chang Ming LIU
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Abstract
For a device with a slider component, movement of the slider component may be used as part of an authentication process, for example, when unlocking the device, or a portion thereof, or providing user authentication to an application executed on the device.
Claims25
A method of authentication of a computing device having a first component and a second component, the method comprising:
- receiving a candidate sequence, the candidate sequence formed responsive to a sequence of movements of the first component relative to the second component;
- determining whether the candidate sequence matches a previously established template sequence;
- and
- responsive to the determining, controlling access to the computing device.
A computing device comprising:
- a first component;
- a second component;
- a processor configured to:
- receive a candidate sequence, the candidate sequence formed responsive to a sequence of movements of the first component relative to the second component;
- determine whether the candidate sequence matches a previously established template sequence;
- and
- controlling access to the computing device.
A computer readable medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions, the computer executable instructions comprising code that, upon execution by a processor in a computing device having a first component and a second component, causes the processor to:
- receive a candidate sequence, the candidate sequence formed responsive to a sequence of movements of the first component relative to the second component;
- determine whether the candidate sequence matches a previously established template sequence;
- and
- control access to the computing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.