Patent ID: 9071969
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: G06F,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for confirming identity of a user of a smartphone, the method comprising: receiving touch data from a touch-screen of the smartphone; receiving acceleration data from an accelerometer of the smartphone; correlating between the touch data and the acceleration data; based on the correlating, generating a user-specific trait indicative of said user of said smartphone; storing, either locally within said smartphone or on a remote server, a reference value of the user-specific trait, indicative of said user of said smartphone; in a subsequent usage session of the smartphone, generating and storing a current value of the user-specific trait correlating between touch data and acceleration data; and based on a comparison process between (A) the current value of the user-specific trait that was generated, and (B) the reference value of the user-specific trait that was previously generated, determining whether or not a current user of the smartphone is an authorized user of the smartphone.