Motion Based Authentication

An authentication system comprising:

• a computer system;
• and
• a motion analyzer running on the computer system, wherein the motion analyzer prompts a user making a request to access a computer resource to perform a new motion in an environment in which the user is monitored by a sensor system in response to the request for access to the computer resource;
• identifies detected biometric data in the new motion performed by the user;
• determines whether the user performing the new motion is an authenticated user based on comparing the detected biometric data with stored biometric data for a prior motion performed by the authenticated user;
• and provides access to the computer resource when the user is identified as the authenticated user.

A computer program product for authenticating a user, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer-readable storage media;
• first program code, stored on the computer-readable storage media, responsive to a request for access to a computer resource, for prompting the user making the request to access the computer resource to perform a new motion in an environment in which the user is monitored by a sensor system;
• second program code, stored on the computer-readable storage media, for identifying detected biometric data in the new motion performed by the user;
• third program code, stored on the computer-readable storage media, for determining whether the user performing the new motion is an authenticated user based on comparing the detected biometric data with stored biometric data for a prior motion performed by the authenticated user;
• and
• fourth program code, stored on the computer-readable storage media, for providing the access to the computer resource when the user is identified as the authenticated user.