Patent ID: 9641523
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06K,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method of authenticating a user, comprising: under control of one or more computing systems configured with executable instructions, obtaining biometric data captured by a camera of a computing device, the biometric data being captured as a sequence of photographic images of a user while the user executes an action in response to at least one instruction and including a first and second portion, the second portion being an illumination characteristic, the at least one instruction being selected from a plurality of instructions; comparing the first portion of each image against data in a user data record; analyzing the illumination characteristics of the images for an illumination characteristic difference between any sequential images to detect the action; and successfully authenticating the user when the first portion of at least one sequential image matches the data in the user data record and the action was executed.