Patent ID: 8943559
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of authenticating access to an electrical device, comprising: comparing, at an electronic processor, one or more patterns of temporal or physical properties, associated with an access entry string, to a non-transitory electronic profile data base of ranges of the corresponding patterns, from previously approved access entry strings; and either: approving, at the electronic processor, the access entry string, if the one or more patterns falls within the respective range of the corresponding patterns in the profile data base, or, denying, at the electronic processor, the access entry string if the one or more patterns falls outside the respective range of the corresponding patterns in the profile data base wherein, the patterns of physical properties includes both of: an average fingertip temperature measured while inputting all or a portion of the access entry string into a user interface device of the electrical device, and, an ambient temperature in the vicinity of a geolocation of the electrical device at the time the access entry string was provided.