Patent application EP20178114A (EP), filed 2020-06-03
Publication number: EP3758331A1
Title: DEVICE AUTHENTICATION
Abstract: Systems and methods of biometrically authenticating a user of a device. A biometric sample of a user can be analyzed to generate a user-specific biometric signature that is substantially unique to the specific user. To authenticate a user, a biometric sample can be obtained and analyzed to determine if the biometric signature is present in the sample. If so, the user can be biometrically authenticated to use the device. The device can provide a network with an indication of the authentication of the user to authenticate the device to the network. In response to the authentication, the network can provide the device access to the network, its resources, or portion(s) thereof.
IPC codes: G06F  21/    32            A I
H04L  29/    06            A I
H04W  12/    06            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: A system for authenticating a user device to a network, comprising:
number: 2
text: The system of claim 1, wherein the biometric sample is a sample that contains genetic material of the user, and is optionally an exhaled breath condensate of the user.
number: 3
text: The system of claim 2, wherein the processing the biometric sample includes translating s at least a portion of a sequence of the genetic material into at least a representative characteristic, the representative characteristic being an electrical signal representative of the at least a portion of the sequence of the genetic material.
number: 4
text: The system of claim 1, wherein the biometric signature is stored in the network and is associated with the user of the network.
number: 5
text: The system of claim 4, wherein:
number: 6
text: The system of claim 1, wherein the biometric authentication module is on at least one of the user device or a secondary device communicatively coupled to the user device.
number: 7
text: The system of claim 1, wherein the biometric sample analysis module is further configured to analyze the biometric sample while the user device is being interacted with.
number: 8
text: A method of authenticating a user device to a network, comprising:
number: 9
text: The method of claim 8, or the system of claim 1, wherein the biometric signature is determined during a setup of the user device.
number: 10
text: The method of claim 8, or the system of claim 1, wherein the biometric signature is determined by a third party that provides the biometric signature to the user device.
number: 11
text: The method of claim 8, further comprising storing the biometric signature on the network for use in future authentication processes, the stored biometric signature retrievable from the network for use in analyzing a further biometric sample.
number: 12
text: The method of claim 11, further comprising transmitting the analysis of the biometric sample to the network and wherein the permitting the user device to access one or more features of the network is based at least in part on a comparison of the analysis of the biometric sample and the stored biometric signature.
number: 13
text: The method of claim 8, further comprising determining the user device has physically moved from a first region of the network to a second region of the network and requiring an authentication based on the physical movement of the device.
number: 14
text: The method of claim 8, further comprising requiring a second authentication of the user device based on: (i) at least an expiration of a validity of a previous authentication; or (ii) a request received from the network.
number: 15
text: The method of claim 14, wherein, when the second authentication is based on a request received from the network, the request is based on at least one of the user device requesting access to one of the one or more features of the network or the network determining the user device is attempting to access one of the one or more features of the network.
Office action: search_report, dated 2020-12-30
Rejection reasons: novelty_epc_54
Prior art cited: ref_id: US2014337949A1
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Final disposition: pending (2020-12-30)