Patent ID: 9147061
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: G06F,G06K,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for authenticating a user, the method comprising: receiving, by one or more computing devices, a request for access to a protected feature; generating, by the one or more computing devices, depth data based at least in part on a plurality of images; comparing, by the one or more computing devices, the depth data to pre-stored depth data corresponding to the user in order to authenticate the user as part of a primary authentication; when the user is not authenticated as part of the primary authentication, identifying, by the one or more computing devices, a single image; comparing, by the one or more computing devices, the identified image to a pre-stored image of the user in order to authenticate the user as part of a secondary authentication; when the user is authenticated as part of the secondary authentication, generating, by the one or more computing devices, new depth data corresponding to the user; comparing, by the one or more computing devices, the new depth data to the pre-stored depth data in order to authenticate the user as part of a tertiary authentication; when the user is authenticated as part of the tertiary authentication, providing, by the one or more computing devices, access to the protected feature.