Patent ID: 8452978
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computerized method for authenticating a user of an electronic system having a touch screen, comprising: accessing a data characteristic of a purported authorized user of an electronic system performing a first prescribed interaction with a touch screen; accessing a first probability distribution representation for an authorized user indicative of the authorized user performing the interaction with a touch screen; accessing a first characteristic probability distribution representation for a wide population performing the first interaction with a touch screen; determining a value indicative of whether the purported authorized user is the authorized user, utilizing (a) the first data characteristic of the purported authorized user, (b) the first characteristic probability distribution representation for the authorized user, and (c) the first characteristic probability distribution representation for the wide population; and associating the purported authorized user to the authorized user, if the value is above a prescribed threshold.