Controlling user access to electronic resources without password

Smith, Fred Hewitt

Title: Controlling user access to electronic resources without password

Patent · Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 EDT 2015

OSTI ID:1184556

Smith, Fred Hewitt

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: FG02-08ER5047

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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