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:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Angel Secure Networks, Inc., Old Town, ME (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1184556
- Patent Number(s):
- 9,058,482
- Application Number:
- 13/410,287
- Assignee:
- Angel Secure Networks, Inc. (Old Town, ME)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-08ER5047
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING; 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
Citation Formats
Smith, Fred Hewitt. Controlling user access to electronic resources without password. United States: N. p., 2015.
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Smith, Fred Hewitt. Controlling user access to electronic resources without password. United States.
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"Controlling user access to electronic resources without password". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1184556.
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abstractNote = {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.},
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