Patent ID: 9226698
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: A61B,G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for authenticating a user, comprising the steps of: receiving a claim from an individual claiming to be an enrolled user; retrieving a stored electroencephalographic response profile associated with the enrolled user, the electroencephalographic response profile being generated as a result of supervised enrollment process based a shared secret, wherein the shared secret comprises a sequence of visual elements which follows an explicit rule known by the enrolled user during the supervised enrollment process, wherein the explicit rule specifies at least one of a relationship between the visual elements and an allowed sequence of the visual elements; presenting perceptory stimuli to the individual, the perceptory stimuli comprising the shared secret; obtaining at least one electroencephalographic response from the individual in response to the perceptory stimuli comprising said shared secret presented to the individual; and authenticating the individual's claim as being the enrolled user based on the obtained electroencephalographic response, wherein authenticating comprises: