Secure wearable wireless personal server device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11510064-B2
Application number	US-201716755530-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 16, 2017
Priority date	Jan 4, 2017
Publication date	Nov 22, 2022
Grant date	Nov 22, 2022

Abstract

This invention presents a non-volatile data storage apparatus that is securely worn by a user like a bracelet that stores the users sensitive information and a wirelessly coupled separate display and input device functioning as the sole or main display and input device functioning together like a single personal mobile device, wherein the non-volatile data storage apparatus authenticates the separate display and input device that it doesn't risk the security or privacy of the sensitive information transmitted to it by the non-volatile data storage apparatus.

First claim

We claim:

1. A Wearable Wireless Personal Server (WWPS) comprising
a case or shell in a form factor that can be securely worn on or attached to a user's body and houses the components of the WWPS,
a first wireless module for establishing a direct wireless connection and communication with one or more wirelessly coupled Processing and Display Devices (PDDs) wherein a PDD is in its own physical enclosure, is physically separate from the WWPS and functions as a graphic display and/or input device for the wirelessly coupled WWPS;
an authentication module that manages the wireless pairing with and authentication of one or more PDDs, wherein the authentication certifies that a public or shared PDD will not record a user's information and/or will complete a Clean-Up Action (CUA), and wherein the CUA includes erasing or wiping clean of the display of the user's information on the public or shared PDD;
a data security module that manages what information can be sent to and/or accepted from the public or shared PDD based on a security authentication of the authentication module to ensure that WWPS only sends and/or accepts sensitive information with the public or shared PDD whose pairing with the WWPS has been authorized by an owner of the WWPS;
a memory module that stores personal or sensitive information of the user and the programs to be executed by the processor to implement the functions of the WWPS,
a processor that serves the information stored in the memory module for display on one or more PDDs wirelessly coupled with the WWPS through the first wireless module, and a power source.

2. The Wearable Wireless Personal Server in claim 1 wherein the case or shell in the form factor of a bracelet worn on a wrist of a user.

3. The Wearable Wireless Personal Server in claim 1 wherein the processor further processes stored or received information on the processor before serving for display on one or more PDDs wirelessly coupled with the WWPS through the first wireless module.

4. The Wearable Wireless Personal Server in claim 1 wherein the first wireless module receives input entered on or using one or more coupled PDDs and provides the received input as user input to the WWPS.

5. The Wearable Wireless Personal Server in claim 1 further comprising a wireless networking module for establishing connectivity to a local and/or wide area network to support data communication needs of the WWPS and/or one or more PDDs wirelessly coupled with the WWPS through the first wireless module.

6. The Wearable Wireless Personal Server in claim 5 wherein the processor executes one or more application programs stored in the memory module wherein the connection to a wireless network is provided by the wireless networking module, and the visual display of the one or more executing application programs is provided by one or more PDDs wirelessly coupled with the WWPS through the first wireless module.

7. The Wearable Wireless Personal Server in claim 1 further comprising a Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) module to provide network connectivity, processing, analysis, and/or storage to one or more personal devices that a user carries on or embedded in his body.

8. The Wearable Wireless Personal Server in claim 7 wherein the one or more personal device is a physiological signal sensor, a health or activity monitors, a drug delivery pump, a device that produces an output signal, or a wireless headset.

9. The Wearable Wireless Personal Server in claim 1 further comprising one or more input and/or output module embedded in the case or shell.

10. The Wearable Wireless Personal Server in claim 9 wherein the one or more input or output module is a touchscreen, a microphone, a gesture sensor, physiological signal sensor, a health or activity monitor, a display screen, a speaker, a tactile output device, a drug delivery pump, or a device that produces a signal that causes an action.

11. The Wearable Wireless Personal Server in claim 1 wherein the security module encrypts the information stored in the WWPS.

12. The Wearable Wireless Personal Server in claim 1 wherein the security module uses biometric recognition to recognize that it is being worn by its registered owner.

13. The Wearable Wireless Personal Server in claim 1 wherein the security module monitors one or more biometric or physiological signals of the owner to detect removal of the WWPS from the owner's body.

14. The Wearable Wireless Personal Server in claim 13 wherein the security module further causes one or more actions to be activated once a removal is detected to maintain the security of the owner's data.

15. The Wearable Wireless Personal Server in claim 1 wherein the security module detects close proximity, motion, gesture, physical contact or a combination to initiate a pairing process.

16. The Wearable Wireless Personal Server in claim 1 wherein the security module monitors the idle time of interaction with a coupled PDD, the distance of separation between the WWPS and a coupled PDD, or status of the direct wireless connection with a couple PDD, and initiates unpairing with the PDD when a condition is met.

17. The Wearable Wireless Personal Server in claim 1 wherein the security module causes a command to be sent to the PDD to complete a clean-up action.

18. The Wearable Wireless Personal Server in claim 1 wherein the security module accepts an instruction from the owner and causes a command to be sent to a coupled PDD to complete a clean-up action.

19. A system comprising the Wearable Wireless Personal Server of claim 1 and a companion device for the Wearable Wireless Personal Server (WWPS), wherein the companion device comprises a case or shell in a form factor that matches the WWPS and can be worn on a user's body next to the WWPS; and a power source that charges the WWPS when the companion device is worn next to the WWPS or connected to the WWPS.

20. A Processing and Display Device (PDD) that can provide visual display for the wirelessly connected Wireless Wearable Personal Server (WWPS) in claim 1 , comprising:
an embedded first wireless module for communication with the wirelessly connected WWPS;
a graphic display control and processing module;
a memory module;
an authentication module that works with an authentication module of the WWPS in claim 1 ;
a power source; and
a display screen,
wherein the PDD is in its own physical enclosure separated from the WWPS and functions as a graphic display and input device for the wirelessly connected WWPS,
wherein the data for the graphic display is served by the wirelessly connected WWPS through the first wireless module,
wherein an authentication certifies that, if the PDD is public or shared, then it will not record a user's information and/or will complete a Clean-Up Action (CUA), and wherein the CUA includes erasing or wiping clean of the display of the user's information on the PDD, and
wherein a security authentication ensures that the wirelessly connected WWPS only sends and/or accepts sensitive information with the PDD whose pairing with the wirelessly connected WWPS has been authorized by an owner of the WWPS.

Assignees

• Liang Ping

Inventors

• Liang Ping
• Liang Biyonka

Classifications

• H04W52/0229

  where the received signal is a wanted signal · CPC title

• G06F7/00

  Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data handled (logic circuits H03K19/00) · CPC title

• H04W12/50 Primary

  Secure pairing of devices · CPC title

• H04L63/0861

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

• H04W84/12

  WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] · CPC title