Configurable personal digital identity device with motion sensor responsive to user interaction

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9448543-B2
Application number	US-201313843988-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 15, 2013
Priority date	Mar 15, 2013
Publication date	Sep 20, 2016
Grant date	Sep 20, 2016

Abstract

A personal digital ID device provides a digital identifier to a service for a predetermined duration in response to user interaction. The user interaction may include a button press. The personal digital ID device may be in the form of a bracelet, a key fob, or other form factor. The service may be provided by a mobile device, in the cloud, or elsewhere.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A personal digital ID device comprising:
a crypto/cipher engine having at least one digital identifier;
a button accessible to a user of the personal digital ID device;
a motion sensor to allow for sensing motion to be used for user authentication when the personal digital ID device undergoes a predefined motion;
a near field radio to communicate with a point-of-sale device;
a non-near field radio to communicate with a mobile phone; and
a processor coupled to the crypto/cipher engine, the button, the motion sensor, the near field radio, and the non-near field radio, the processor configured to receive data describing motion of the personal digital ID device, to set a radio communication parameter in response to user interaction with the button, and to turn on the non-near field radio for a predetermined duration for communication with the mobile phone in response to user interaction with the button;
wherein the crypto/cipher engine makes available the digital identifier to perform authentication with a cloud service in communication with the mobile phone while the non-near field radio is on, and the crypto/cipher engine makes available the digital identifier using the near field radio to perform authentication with the point-of-sale device.

2. The personal digital ID device of claim 1 wherein the radio communication parameter is a BLUETOOTH™ pairing parameter.

3. The personal digital ID device of claim 1 wherein the user interaction with the button comprises one button press.

4. The personal digital ID device of claim 1 wherein the user interaction with the button comprises two button presses.

5. The personal digital ID device of claim 1 wherein the user interaction with the button comprises a button press lasting longer than a predetermined threshold.

6. The personal digital ID device of claim 1 further comprising at least one light emitting diode (LED), the at least one LED reporting the radio communication parameter.

7. A personal digital ID device comprising:
a crypto/cipher engine having at least one digital identifier;
a battery;
a button accessible to a user of the personal digital ID device;
a motion sensor to allow for sensing motion to be used for user authentication when the personal digital ID device undergoes a predefined motion;
a near field radio to communicate with a point-of-sale device;
a non-near field radio to communicate with a mobile phone; and
a processor coupled to the crypto/cipher engine, the button, the motion sensor, the battery, the near field radio, and the non-near field radio, the processor configured to receive data describing motion of the personal digital ID device from the motion sensor and to turn on the non-near field radio for a predetermined duration for communication with the mobile phone in response to a first user interaction with the button and to set a radio communication parameter in response to a second user interaction with the button;
wherein the crypto/cipher engine makes available the digital identifier to perform authentication with a cloud service in communication with the mobile phone while the non-near field radio is on, and the crypto/cipher engine makes available the digital identifier using the near field radio to perform authentication with the point-of-sale device.

8. The personal digital ID device of claim 7 wherein the radio communication parameter is a BLUETOOTH™ pairing parameter.

9. The personal digital ID device of claim 7 wherein the second user interaction comprises one button press.

10. The personal digital ID device of claim 7 wherein the second user interaction comprises two button presses.

11. The personal digital ID device of claim 7 wherein the second user interaction comprises a button press lasting longer than a predetermined threshold.

12. The personal digital ID device of claim 7 further comprising at least one light emitting diode (LED), the at least one LED reporting the radio communication parameter.

13. The personal digital ID device of claim 7 wherein the radio communication parameter comprises a reset state.

Assignees

• Tyfone Inc

Inventors

• Narendra Siva G
• Tadepalli Prabhakar
• Chakraborty Saurav
• Bloodworth Donald Allen

Classifications

• G06F21/35

  communicating wirelessly · CPC title

• H04W84/18

  Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks · CPC title

• G05B1/03 Primary

  for comparing digital signals · CPC title

• G06F2221/2137

  Time limited access, e.g. to a computer or data · CPC title

• H04L63/0853

  using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices H04L9/3234) · CPC title