User identity attestation in mobile commerce

US8996879B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8996879-B2
Application numberUS-97798110-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateDec 23, 2010
Priority dateDec 23, 2010
Publication dateMar 31, 2015
Grant dateMar 31, 2015

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A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for user identity attestation in mobile commerce. The method may include obtaining a photograph of a user of a mobile device via a camera integrated with the mobile device; identifying a first set of fiducial points from the photograph; causing the first set of fiducial points from the photograph to be compared to a second set of fiducial points associated with an authorized user of the mobile device; and determining that the user is the authorized user if the first set of fiducial points matches the second set of fiducial points.

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What is claimed is: 1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, by a security chipset of a mobile device, a user request to access a resource, wherein the security chipset operates independently of a main processor the mobile device and provides a secure storage and a secure environment inaccessible by a host operating system of the mobile device; retrieving, by the security chipset, a user attestation policy from the secure storage of the mobile device in response t…

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What does patent US8996879B2 cover?
A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for user identity attestation in mobile commerce. The method may include obtaining a photograph of a user of a mobile device via a camera integrated with the mobile device; identifying a first set of fiducial points from the photograph; causing the first set of fiducial points from the photograph to be compared to a second set of fiducia…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Poornachandran Rajesh, Aissi Selim, Intel Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F21/32. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 31 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).