Patent ID: 8380247

Claim:
A mobile device comprising: a plurality of components coupled to each other to be operated by a user in a selective fashion based on authentication of the user by the mobile device; a plurality of sensors to facilitate real time capturing of heart beat data of a first user; and operating logic to: collect heart beat data from the plurality of sensors over a predetermined period of time during usage of the mobile device by the first user; generate a reference heart beat profile for authentication from the collected heart beat data; save the generated reference heart beat profile of the first user for authentication; collect real-time-captured heart beat data of a second user, the second user being one of the first user or an other user; compare the collected real-time-captured heart beat data of the second user to the reference heart beat profile; and selectively operate the components depending on whether the second user is successfully authenticated as the first user based on a result of the compare.