Patent ID: 11949673
Assignee: BLUEOWL, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method performed by a smart ring for enabling multi-factor authentication, the method comprising:
performing a first authentication operation by:
collecting, by one or more sensors of the smart ring, gestural data representing a candidate gesture and a first authentication factor associated with the candidate gesture,

wherein the candidate gesture corresponds to ring movement while a candidate is wearing the smart ring on a finger of the candidate, and wherein the gestural data includes motion data and orientation data;
comparing, by a processor in the smart ring, the candidate gesture to a known authentication gesture for a known user to determine whether the candidate gesture matches the known authentication gesture;
when the candidate gesture matches the known authentication gesture, generating, by the processor in the smart ring, a first signal indicating that the candidate has been authenticated as the known user based at least in part upon the first authentication factor; and
transmitting the first signal to a second device, wherein the second device controls access to a resource;

performing a second authentication operation by:
receiving an identifier from a component external to the smart ring;
detecting, by the one or more sensors of the smart ring, contact between the smart ring and the component external to the smart ring, wherein the contact, as detected represents a second authentication factor;
determining whether the identifier is associated with the known user;
when the identifier is associated with the known user,
generating, in response to detecting the contact between the smart ring and the component, by the processor in the smart ring, a second signal indicating that the candidate has been authenticated as the known user based at least in part upon the second authentication factor; and
transmitting the second signal to the second device; and

when the second device receives the first signal and the second signal, causing the second device to grant the candidate access to the resource,
wherein the comparing the candidate gesture to a known authentication gesture for a known user comprises:
transmitting an indication of the candidate gesture to the second device, wherein the transmitting an indication causes the second device to compare the candidate gesture to the known authentication gesture; and
receiving, from the second device, an indication that the candidate gesture matches the known authentication gesture.