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Controlling user access to electronic resources without password

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OSTI ID:1184556
Described herein are devices and techniques for remotely controlling user access to a restricted computer resource. The process includes pre-determining an association of the restricted computer resource and computer-resource-proximal environmental information. Indicia of user-proximal environmental information are received from a user requesting access to the restricted computer resource. Received indicia of user-proximal environmental information are compared to associated computer-resource-proximal environmental information. User access to the restricted computer resource is selectively granted responsive to a favorable comparison in which the user-proximal environmental information is sufficiently similar to the computer-resource proximal environmental information. In at least some embodiments, the process further includes comparing user-supplied biometric measure and comparing it with a predetermined association of at least one biometric measure of an authorized user. Access to the restricted computer resource is granted in response to a favorable comparison.
Research Organization:
Angel Secure Networks, Inc., Old Town, ME (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Assignee:
Angel Secure Networks, Inc. (Old Town, ME)
Patent Number(s):
9,058,482
Application Number:
13/410,287
OSTI ID:
1184556
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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