Controlling user access to electronic resources without password

Smith, Fred Hewitt

Title: Controlling user access to electronic resources without password

Abstract

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.

Inventors:: Smith, Fred Hewitt

Issue Date:: 2015-06-16

Research Org.:: Angel Secure Networks, Inc., Old Town, ME (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1184556

Patent Number(s):: 9058482

Application Number:: 13/410,287

Assignee:: Angel Secure Networks, Inc. (Old Town, ME)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: H - ELECTRICITY H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION

G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING

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H - ELECTRICITY H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
H04L9/3231 - {Biological data, e.g. fingerprint, voice or retina

G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
G06F21/35 - communicating wirelessly

H - ELECTRICITY H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
H04L63/107 - {wherein the security policies are location-dependent, e.g. entities privileges depend on current location or allowing specific operations only from locally connected terminals}

G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
G06F21/31 - User authentication
G06F21/42 - using separate channels for security data

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DOE Contract Number:: FG02-08ER5047

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING; 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS

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