User authentication system and method
AssigneePlantronics, Inc.
InventorsDouglas K Rosener, William O Brown, Edward L Reuss
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Abstract
A user authentication system and method are disclosed. The user authentication system includes an authentication device which can be donned and doffed by the user, a sensor to determine whether the authentication device is donned or doffed by the user, and an authentication server to receive information from the sensor and to authenticate the user based on whether the authentication device is donned by the user.
Claims23
A user authentication system, comprising:
- an authentication device which can be donned and doffed by a user;
- a sensor coupled to said authentication device to determine whether said authentication device is donned or doffed by the user;
- an authentication server to receive information from said sensor;
- and
- a motion sensor coupled to said authentication device to determine motion of said authentication device, wherein
- said authentication server receives information from said sensors;
- said authentication server maintains authentication of the user while the device is donned by the user and
- said authentication server revokes authentication of the user when
- said authentication device is doffed and
- said authentication device after being doffed has been stationary for greater than a predetermined time.
The user authentication system according to claim l wherein said authentication server is not coupled to said authentication device.
A method of authenticating a user with a system including an authentication device which can be donned and doffed by the user, the method comprising:
- determining whether said authentication device is donned by the user;
- and
- authenticating the user based on whether said authentication device is donned or doffed by the user;
- and
- revoking the authentication of the user when said authentication device is doffed by the user and after being doffed has been stationary for greater than a predetermined time.
A method of authenticating a user with a system including an authentication device which can be donned and doffed by a user and a further device, the method comprising:
- determining a near state or a far state based on the distance between said authentication device and said further device;
- determining whether said authentication device is donned or doffed by the user;
- authenticating the user if said authentication device is donned and said near state is determined;
- and
- revoking authentication if id authentication device is doffed or said far state is determined.
A user authentication system, comprising:
- an authentication device;
- a further device;
- a sensor coupled to said authentication device to determine whether said authentication device is donned or doffed by a user, and
- an authentication server, wherein
- at least one of said authentication device and said further device is adapted to determine a near state and a far state based on the distance between said authentication device and said further device, wherein
- said authentication server is configured to receive information from at least one of said authentication device and said further device, to authenticate the user if said authentication device is donned and said near state is determined, and to revoke authentication if said authentication device is doffed or said far state is determined.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.