Method and apparatus for non-intrusive biometric capture
OwnerFrancis Lambertinventor
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Abstract
A computer peripheral device for providing a computer system with user input data and user biometric data includes an event sensing portion for detecting a user action and for converting the user input into a data first stream, the user action of a type appropriate for the computer peripheral device, a biometric acquisition portion for acquiring biometric data from the user at substantially a same time the event sensing portion detects the user action, and for converting the biometric data into a second data stream, and a processor coupled to the event sensing portion and the biometric acquisition portion for reversibly encoding the first data stream and the second data stream to form a third data stream, and for providing the third data stream to a computer system or a network.
Claims24
A computer peripheral device for providing a computer system with user input data and user biometric data, the computer peripheral device comprising:
- an event sensing portion for detecting a user action and for converting the user input into a data first stream, the user action of a type appropriate for the computer peripheral device;
- a biometric acquisition portion for acquiring biometric data from the user at substantially a same time the event sensing portion detects the user action, and for converting the biometric data into a second data stream;
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- a processor coupled to the event sensing portion and the biometric acquisition portion for reversibly encoding together the first data stream and the second data stream to form a third data stream, and for providing the third data stream to the computer system.
A method for providing a computer system with user input data and user biometric data, comprising:
- providing a computer peripheral device, the computer peripheral device including an event sensor and a biometric sensor;
- in response to a single user action on the user input device, detecting a user induced event with the event sensor;
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- detecting user biometric data;
- converting the user induced event into a first set of electronic signals;
- converting the user biometric data into a second set of electronic signals;
- combining the first set of electronic signals and the second set of electronic signals to form a third set of electronic signals;
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- transmitting the third set of electronic signals to the computer system.
A computer system having an input device for providing input data and biometric data, the input device comprising:
- an input portion for detecting the input data in response to a user action, and for converting the input data into first data signals;
- a biometric sensing portion for detecting biometric data from the user at substantially a same time the input portion detects the input data, and for converting the biometric data into second data signals;
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- a processor coupled to the input portion and to the biometric sensing portion for combining the first data signals and the second data signals together to form third data signals, and for providing the third data signals to the computer system.
The method for a computer system to monitor a user with a user input device coupled thereto, during a user session of the computer system, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of user identification requests to the user input device during the user session;
- in response to a single user action on the user input device, detecting a user event with the user input device as event data during the user session;
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- detecting biometric data of the user with the user input device in response the plurality of user identification request during the user session;
- encoding the event data with the biometric data with the user input device to form encoded data;
- transmitting the encoded data to the computer system during the user session;
- decoding the encoded data to recover the event data and the biometric data;
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- processing the biometric data of the user during the user session.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.