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Man-machine interface for controlling access to electronic devices
Assignee: Privaris Inc
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Filing: 2004-11-24
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Granted: 2008-09-02
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Expires: 2024-11-24
Abstract
Abstract The invention disclosed herein describes a man-machine interface device for controlling access to electronic devices. The man-machine interface device comprises an electronic display unit including a transparent finger touch sensor region that is seated above the display apparatus, which is responsible for determining the presence and absence of a finger and for generating fingerprint images when a finger is detected. The man-machine interface device also includes a controller unit that is coupled to the display apparatus, the finger touch sensor region, and at least one electronic device. The method of the invention describes a process for authenticating individuals and verifying their security privileges to access sensitive data, based on a finger-touch selection of an icon presented on the display apparatus of the man-machine interface device.
Inventors
- 👤 David S. Abdallah
- 👤 Barry W. Johnson
- 👤 Kristen R. Olvera
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 16:26
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L63/00; H04L63/08; H04L63/0861; G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/50; G06F16/51; G06F18/00; G06F18/20; G06F18/22; G06F21/00; G06F21/30; G06F21/31; G06F21/32; G06F21/60; G06F21/62; G06F21/6209; G06F21/70; G06F21/71; G06F21/72; G06F21/82; G06F21/85; G06V; G06V40/00; G06V40/10; G06V40/12; G06V40/13; G06V40/1365; H04L63/06; H04L63/10; H04L63/102; H04L9/00; H04L9/32; H04L9/3226; H04L9/3231; H04N; H04N21/00; H04N21/20; H04N21/25; H04N21/258; H04N21/25866; H04N21/25875; H04N21/40; H04N21/43; H04N21/441; H04N21/4415; G06F21/10; G06F21/107; G06F21/1076
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 41
Claim 1
Independent Claim
193 words
A processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to cause a processor to perform a process, the code comprising code to: receive a biometric input from a first user at a location of a touch screen, the location of the touch screen being associated with an icon, the icon being associated with a function; determine a security privilege uniquely associated with the icon and the biometric input of the first user based collectively on the icon and the biometric input of the first user; permit access to the function associated with the icon when the security privilege uniquely associated with the icon and the biometric input of the first user permits access to that function; receive a biometric input from a second user at the location of the touch screen; determine a security privilege uniquely associated with the icon and the biometric input of the second user based collectively on the icon and the biometric input of the second user; and inhibit access to the function associated with the icon when the security privilege uniquely associated with the icon and the biometric input of the second user does not permit access to that function.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
193 words
A processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to cause a processor to perform a process, the code comprising code to: receive a biometric input from a first user at a location of a touch screen, the location of the touch screen being associated with an icon, the icon being associated with a function; determine a security privilege uniquely associated with the icon and the biometric input of the first user based collectively on the icon and the biometric input of the first user; permit access to the function associated with the icon when the security privilege uniquely associated with the icon and the biometric input of the first user permits access to that function; receive a biometric input from a second user at the location of the touch screen; determine a security privilege uniquely associated with the icon and the biometric input of the second user based collectively on the icon and the biometric input of the second user; and inhibit access to the function associated with the icon when the security privilege uniquely associated with the icon and the biometric input of the second user does not permit access to that function.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
58 words
The processor-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the code to permit access to the function for the first user is configured to permit full access to the function by the first user when the security privilege associated with the icon and the biometric input of the first user is configured to permit full access to that function.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
58 words
The processor-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the code to permit access to the function for the first user is configured to permit limited access to the function by the first user when the security privilege associated with the icon and the biometric input of the first user is configured to permit limited access to that function.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
56 words
The processor-readable medium of claim 1 , the code further comprising code to: before access to the function is permitted for the first user, inhibit access to the function by the first user when the security privilege associated with the icon and the biometric input of the first user does not permit access to that function.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
151 words
The processor-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the location of the touch screen is a first location of the touch screen, the icon is a first icon, the function is a first function, the code further comprising code to: receive the biometric input from the first user at a second location of the touch screen, the second location of the touch screen being associated with a second icon, the second icon being associated with a second function different than the first function; determine a security privilege uniquely associated with the second icon and the biometric input of the first user based collectively on the second icon and the biometric input of the first user; and permit access to the second function associated with the second icon when the security privilege uniquely associated with the second icon and the biometric input of the first user permits access to the second function.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
150 words
The processor-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the location of the touch screen is a first location of the touch screen, the icon is a first icon, the function is a first function, the code further comprising code to: receive the biometric input from the second user at a second location of the touch screen, the second location of the touch screen being associated with a second icon, the second icon being associated with a second function different than the first function; determine a security privilege uniquely associated with the second icon and the biometric input of the second user based on the second icon and the biometric input of the second user; and permit access to the second function associated with the second icon when the security privilege uniquely associated with the second icon and the biometric input of the second user permits access to the second function.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
62 words
The processor-readable medium of claim 1 , the code further comprising code to: before access to the function is permitted for the first user, determine whether the biometric input of the first user is authentic based on a biometric template of the first user, the biometric input of the first user being uniquely associated with the biometric template of the first user.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
14 words
The processor-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the function is a software program.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
174 words
An apparatus, comprising: a memory configured to store a plurality of biometric templates, each biometric template from the plurality of biometric templates being associated with a security privilege from a plurality of security privileges, each security privilege from the plurality of security privileges being associated with a function from a plurality of functions; a touch screen having a biometric sensor configured to receive a biometric input at a location within the touch screen, the touch screen configured to display a plurality of icons, each icon from the plurality of icons being associated with a function from the plurality of functions; and a processor coupled to the memory and the biometric sensor, the processor configured to permit access to a function associated with an icon from the plurality of icons when biometric input is received at a location within the touch screen associated with that icon and when the security privilege for that icon and for the biometric template from the plurality of biometric templates associated with the biometric input permits access to that icon.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
174 words
An apparatus, comprising: a memory configured to store a plurality of biometric templates, each biometric template from the plurality of biometric templates being associated with a security privilege from a plurality of security privileges, each security privilege from the plurality of security privileges being associated with a function from a plurality of functions; a touch screen having a biometric sensor configured to receive a biometric input at a location within the touch screen, the touch screen configured to display a plurality of icons, each icon from the plurality of icons being associated with a function from the plurality of functions; and a processor coupled to the memory and the biometric sensor, the processor configured to permit access to a function associated with an icon from the plurality of icons when biometric input is received at a location within the touch screen associated with that icon and when the security privilege for that icon and for the biometric template from the plurality of biometric templates associated with the biometric input permits access to that icon.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
44 words
The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to authenticate a biometric input based on at least one biometric template from the plurality of biometric templates, the processor configured to permit access to the function when the biometric input is authenticated.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
33 words
The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to inhibit access to the function when the biometric input does not match any biometric template from the plurality of biometric templates.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
42 words
The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to inhibit access to the function when the security privilege uniquely associated with the function and associated with the biometric template for that function does not permit access to that function.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
45 words
The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to permit limited access to the function when the security privilege uniquely associated with the function and associated with the biometric template for that function is configured to permit limited access to that function.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
30 words
The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to permit access to the function when the location within the touch screen is independent of any security privilege.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
13 words
The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the function is a software program.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
129 words
A processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to cause a processor to perform a process, the code comprising code to: receive a biometric input at a location of a touch screen from a user, the location of the touch screen being associated with an icon, the icon being associated with a function; determine a security privilege of the user for that function based on the icon associated with the function and a biometric template that matches the biometric input of the user, the biometric template being from a plurality of biometric templates, the security privilege of the user for that function being from a plurality of security privileges; and permit access to the function associated with the icon based on the security privilege of the user for that function.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
129 words
A processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to cause a processor to perform a process, the code comprising code to: receive a biometric input at a location of a touch screen from a user, the location of the touch screen being associated with an icon, the icon being associated with a function; determine a security privilege of the user for that function based on the icon associated with the function and a biometric template that matches the biometric input of the user, the biometric template being from a plurality of biometric templates, the security privilege of the user for that function being from a plurality of security privileges; and permit access to the function associated with the icon based on the security privilege of the user for that function.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
63 words
The processor-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the user is a first user, the code further comprising code to: receive a biometric input from a second user at the location of the touch screen; and inhibit access to the function associated with the icon when no biometric template from the plurality of biometric templates match the biometric input of the second user.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
135 words
The processor-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the user is a first user, the biometric template from the plurality of biometric templates is a first biometric template from the plurality of biometric templates and is associated with the first user, the code further comprising code to: receive a biometric input from a second user at the location of the touch screen; determine a security privilege of the second user for that function based on the icon associated with the function and a second biometric template that matches the biometric input of the second user, the second biometric template being from the plurality of biometric templates and being associated with the second user; and permit access to the function associated with the icon based on the security privilege of the second user for that function.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
168 words
The processor-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the user is a first user, the biometric template from the plurality of biometric templates is a first biometric template from the plurality of biometric templates and is associated with the first user, the access to the function includes full access to the function, the code further comprising code to: receive a biometric input from a second user at the location of the touch screen; determine a security privilege of the second user for that function based on the icon associated with the function and a second biometric template that matches the biometric input of the second user, the second biometric template being from the plurality of biometric templates and being associated with the second user; and permit limited access to the function associated with the icon based on the security privilege of the second user for that function, functionality associated with the limited access to the function being less than functionality associated with the full access to the function.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
43 words
The processor-readable medium of claim 16 , the code further comprising code to: before access to the function is permitted, inhibit access to the function associated with the icon when no biometric template from the plurality of biometric templates match the biometric input.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
46 words
The processor-readable medium of claim 16 , the code further comprising code to: before access to the function is permitted, inhibit access to the function associated with the icon when the security privilege of the user for that function does not permit access to the function.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
14 words
The processor-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the function is a software program.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
125 words
A processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to cause a processor to perform a process, the code comprising code to: receive a biometric input from a user at a location of a touch screen, the location being associated with an icon, the icon being associated with a function; determine whether the biometric input of the user is authentic based on at least one biometric template from a plurality of biometric templates; and determine a security privilege of the user for the function from a plurality of security privileges based on the icon associated with the function and the biometric input of the user when the biometric input of the user is authentic, the security privilege being uniquely associated with the icon and that biometric template.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
125 words
A processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to cause a processor to perform a process, the code comprising code to: receive a biometric input from a user at a location of a touch screen, the location being associated with an icon, the icon being associated with a function; determine whether the biometric input of the user is authentic based on at least one biometric template from a plurality of biometric templates; and determine a security privilege of the user for the function from a plurality of security privileges based on the icon associated with the function and the biometric input of the user when the biometric input of the user is authentic, the security privilege being uniquely associated with the icon and that biometric template.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
48 words
The processor-readable medium of claim 23 , the code further comprising code to: after the security privilege is determined, inhibit access by the user to the function associated with the icon when the security privilege of the user for the function does not permit access to that function.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
45 words
The processor-readable medium of claim 23 , the code further comprising code to: before the security privilege is determined, inhibit access by the user to the function associated with the icon based on the biometric template from the plurality of biometric templates that is authentic.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
101 words
The processor-readable medium of claim 23 , wherein the user is a first user, the code further comprising code to: receive a biometric input from the second user at the touch screen location; determine whether the biometric input of the second user is authentic based on at least one biometric template from the plurality of biometric templates; and determine a security privilege of the second user for the function from the plurality of security privileges based on the icon associated with the function and the biometric input of the second user when the biometric input of the second user is authentic.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
36 words
The processor-readable medium of claim 23 , the code further comprising code to: permit access by the user to the function associated with the icon based on the security privilege of the user for the function.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
42 words
The processor-readable medium of claim 23 , the code further comprising code to: inhibit access by the user to the function associated with the icon when the security privilege of the user for the function does not permit access to that function.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
42 words
The processor-readable medium of claim 23 , the code further comprising code to: permit limited access by the user to the function associated with the icon when the security privilege of the user for the function permits limited access to the function.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
14 words
The processor-readable medium of claim 23 , wherein the function is a software program.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
71 words
The processor-readable medium of claim 1 , the code further comprising code to: determine, before the security privilege of the first user is determined, at least one of the function associated with the location of the touch screen at which the biometric input of the first user is received or the icon associated with the location of the touch screen at which the biometric input of the first user is received.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
39 words
The processor-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the biometric input of the first user is received at a first screen including the icon, the security privilege is determined before displaying a second screen different from the first screen.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
68 words
The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the biometric sensor is a first biometric sensor, the touch screen has a plurality of biometric sensors including the first biometric sensor, each biometric sensor from the plurality of biometric sensors being configured to receive the biometric input at a location of the touch screen, the location of each biometric sensor being associated with an icon from the plurality of icons.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
35 words
The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to determine the icon from the plurality of icons based on the location of the touch screen at which the biometric input is received.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
59 words
The processor-readable medium of claim 16 , the code further comprising code to: determine, before the security privilege is determined, at least one of the function associated with the location of the touch screen at which the biometric input is received or the icon associated with the location of the touch screen at which the biometric input is received.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
33 words
The processor-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the biometric input is received at a first screen and the security privilege is determined before displaying a second screen different from the first screen.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
33 words
The processor-readable medium of claim 23 , wherein the biometric input is received at a first screen and the security privilege is determined before displaying a second screen different from the first screen.
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