Patent ID: 9398007
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for deferred authentication of a user of a wearable device, comprising: receiving biometric authentication data identifying a user at a first time, wherein a communication connection with an authentication server is unavailable at the first time; comparing the biometric authentication data to data stored on the wearable device; storing, in a memory of the wearable device, an indication of whether the biometric authentication data corresponds to the data stored on the wearable device; storing an association between the biometric authentication data and an indication of the first time in the memory of the wearable device; determining, at a second time after the first time, that the communication connection with the authentication server is available; and transmitting, in response to determining the communication connection is available, the stored indication of whether the biometric authentication data corresponds to the data stored on the wearable device and the indication of the first time to the authentication server.