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US 9,319,881 B2Granted
Personal digital identity device with fingerprint sensor
AssigneeTyfone, Inc.
InventorsSiva G. Narendra, Prabhakar Tadepalli, Saurav Chakraborty, Donald Allen Bloodworth
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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.
Claims17
A personal digital ID device comprising:
- a crypto/cipher engine having at least one digital identifier including one or more shared secret keys;
- a button accessible to a user of the personal digital ID device;
- a fingerprint sensor positioned on a surface of the button to allow for fingerprint scanning when the user interacts with the button;
- a radio;
- a processor coupled to the crypto/cipher engine, the button, the fingerprint sensor, and the radio, the processor configured to validate a user through a fingerprint scan and to make the one or more shared secret keys available to perform authentication with a cloud service through a mobile device by powering the radio for a predetermined duration in response to a validated user interacting with the button.
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A bracelet comprising:
- a housing formed to encircle a user's wrist;
- a crypto/cipher engine having at least one digital identifier including one or more shared secret keys;
- a button accessible to a user of the personal digital ID device;
- a fingerprint sensor positioned on a surface of the button to allow for fingerprint scanning when the user interacts with the button;
- a radio;
- a processor coupled to the crypto/cipher engine, the button, the fingerprint sensor, and the radio, the processor configured to validate a user through a fingerprint scan and to make the one or more shared secret keys available for a predetermined duration to perform authentication with a cloud service through a mobile device by powering the radio in response to a validated user interacting with the button.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.