Bio-authentication for streaming service account management

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10848487-B2
Application number	US-201815980332-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 15, 2018
Priority date	Mar 9, 2018
Publication date	Nov 24, 2020
Grant date	Nov 24, 2020

Abstract

Novel tools and techniques for a bio-authentication for streaming service account management are provided. A system includes a user device configured to access a streaming service account associated with a subscriber, a database, a biometric sensor configured to obtain a biometric input from a user, and a bio-authentication engine. The bio-authentication engine may include a processor, and a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions executable by the processor to determine whether an authentication event has occurred, obtain the biometric input of the user, determine whether the biometric input matches the biometric information associated with the subscriber, and allow access to a streaming service through the streaming service account.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a user device configured to access a first streaming service account, wherein the first streaming service account is associated with a first subscriber authorized to access the first streaming service account;
a database configured to store a plurality of biometric information of a plurality of subscribers associated with a plurality of respective streaming service accounts, wherein each biometric information is uniquely associated with a respective streaming service account of a respective subscriber, and wherein the plurality of biometric information comprises a first biometric information uniquely associated with the first streaming service account of the first subscriber;
a biometric sensor configured to obtain a biometric input from a user;
a bio-authentication engine in communication with the user device, database, and the biometric sensor, the bio-authentication engine comprising:
a processor;
a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions executable by the processor to:
determine whether an authentication event has occurred;
in response to determining that the authentication event has occurred, obtain, via the biometric sensor, the biometric input of the user;
determine a streaming service account that the user is authorized to access based on the biometric input, wherein determining the streaming service account that the user is authorized to access further comprises a comparison of the biometric input to the plurality of biometric information, wherein the plurality of biometric information includes the first biometric information uniquely associated with the first streaming service account, and identification of the first streaming service account associated with the first biometric information;
determine that the user is authorized to access the first streaming service account based on a determination that the biometric input of the user matches the first biometric information associated with the first streaming service account;
in response to determining that the biometric input matches the first biometric information, allow the user to access the first streaming service account associated with the first subscriber; and
access a streaming service from the user device through the streaming service account.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a peripheral device in communication with the user device, the peripheral device comprising the biometric sensor.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the biometric information associated with the subscriber and the biometric input obtained from the user is a physiological marker, wherein the physiological marker includes at least one of a fingerprint, face, iris scan, or retina scan.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the biometric information associated with the subscriber and the biometric input obtained from the user is a behavioral marker, the behavioral marker including at least one of a voice or usage information.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:
prompt, via the user device, the user to provide the biometric input to the biometric sensor; and
receive, via the biometric sensor, the biometric input from the user.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:
automatically obtain, via the biometric sensor, the biometric input from the user, wherein automatically obtaining the biometric input includes automatically capturing biometric information of the user.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the bio-authentication engine further comprises an artificial intelligence engine, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:
obtain, via at least one of the user device or database, a data stream including at least one of usage data or telemetry data associated with the streaming service account;
determine, via the artificial intelligence engine, whether an anomaly has occurred based on the data stream; and
determine, via the artificial intelligence engine, whether the authentication event occurred based at least in part on a determination that the anomaly has occurred.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:
determine that the authentication event has occurred based on the occurrence of at least one of a login event, time-based event, or a trigger event.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein biometric sensor includes at least one of a camera, microphone, fingerprint scanner, iris scanner, retina scanner, hand scanner, or facial recognition system.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:
determine that the authentication event has occurred based on access to the streaming service account by a remote device; and
authorizing access to the streaming service by the remote device based on the biometric input obtained from the biometric sensor.

11. An apparatus comprising:
a processor;
a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions executable by the processor to:
determine whether an authentication event has occurred;
in response to determining that the authentication event has occurred, obtain, via a biometric sensor, a biometric input of a user;
determine a streaming service account that the user is authorized to access based on the biometric input,
wherein determining the streaming service account that the user is authorized to access further comprises a comparison of the biometric input to a plurality of biometric information, wherein the plurality of biometric information includes a first biometric information uniquely associated with the first streaming service account, and identification of the first streaming service account associated with the first biometric information;

determine that the user is authorized to access a first streaming service account based on a determination that the biometric input of the user matches a first biometric information of the plurality of biometric information;
in response to determining that the biometric input matches the biometric information, allow the user to access the streaming service account associated with the subscriber; and
access a streaming service through the streaming service account.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the biometric information associated with the subscriber and the biometric input obtained from the user is a physiological marker, wherein the physiological marker includes at least one of a fingerprint, face, iris scan, or retina scan.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the biometric information associated with the subscriber and the biometric input obtained from the user is a behavioral marker, the behavioral marker including at least one of a voice or usage information.

14. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:
prompt, via a user device, the user to provide the biometric input to the biometric sensor; and
receive, via the biometric sensor, the biometric input from the user.

15. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:
automatically obtain, via the biometric sensor, the biometric input from the user, wherein automatically obtaining the biometric input includes automatically capturing biometric information of the user.

16. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:
obtain, via at least one of a user device or database, a data stream

Assignees

• Centurylink Ip Llc

Inventors

• Scheller James D
• Funk Tom
• Calvert Rick
• Opferman Stephen

Classifications

• H04L63/0861 Primary

  using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231) · CPC title

• H04L63/102

  Entity profiles · CPC title