Method and system for securing the entry of data to a device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9749137-B2
Application number	US-201615007809-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 27, 2016
Priority date	Apr 15, 2013
Publication date	Aug 29, 2017
Grant date	Aug 29, 2017

Abstract

Crypto-glasses include systems that implement a method of authentication of users by blinking, the crypto-glasses including a frame configured so as to be worn by a user, a processor, a display device communicating with the processor so as to dynamically display data, and a communication unit, as executed by the processor, to execute the method of authentication by transmitting data to the display device for performing the authentication of the user to interact with the display device. The communication unit is configured to display in an optical unit of the crypto-glasses a key map which correlates data input into the display device with keys of the display device, the key map indicating data different from that of the keys of the display device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. Crypto-glasses including systems that implement a method of authentication of users by blinking, the crypto-glasses comprising:
a frame configured so as to be worn by a user;
a processor;
a display device communicating with the processor so as to dynamically display data; and
a communication unit, as executed by the processor, to execute the method of authentication by transmitting data to the display device for performing the authentication of the user to interact with the display device,
wherein the communication unit is configured to display in an optical unit of the crypto-glasses a key map which correlates data input into the display device with keys of the display device, the key map indicating data different from that of the keys of the display device.

2. The crypto-glasses according to claim 1 , wherein the key map is generated by the display device to be authenticated and to transmit the crypto-glasses.

3. The crypto-glasses according to claim 1 , further comprising a lens connected to the frame,
wherein the display device comprises a projector configured so as to project an image on the lens of the crypto-glasses.

4. The crypto-glasses according to claim 1 , wherein a new key map is generated after a predetermined event.

5. The crypto-glasses according to claim 1 , wherein a new key map is generated after every key press.

6. The crypto-glasses according to claim 1 , further comprising a biometric information input unit configured so as to authenticate biometric information of the user.

7. The crypto-glasses according to claim 1 , wherein the communication unit is configured so as to pair with the display device performing the authentication until a certain predetermined event occurs.

8. The crypto-glasses according to claim 1 , further comprising an auditory device configured so as to provide feedback information relating to the key map to the user.

9. A method of authentication of a user based on blinking of at least one eye of the user, the method comprising:
detecting, by crypto-glasses, the blinking of the eye of the user;
determining a blinking pattern;
mapping the blinking pattern in a database;
processing the blinking pattern;
applying an encrypted communication channel between the crypto-glasses and a display device for performing the authentication of the user to interact with the display device; and
displaying in the crypto-glasses a key map which correlates data input into the display device with keys of the display device, the key map indicating data different from that of the keys of the display device.

10. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising:
transmitting the key map from the display device to the crypto-glasses;
selecting a key; and
entering into the display device the data correlated by the key map to the selected key.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the display device further includes a display screen, and
wherein the display screen displays the keys of the display device.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the keys displayed on the display device are blank.

13. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the keys displayed on the display device are encrypted.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the keys displayed on the display device form a keyboard, and
wherein the keys are scrambled from a predetermined position on the keyboard.

15. Crypto-glasses including systems that implement a method of authentication of users by blinking, the crypto-glasses comprising:
a frame configured so as to be worn by a user;
a processor;
a camera disposed so as to record a gesture of the user; and
a communication unit, as executed by the processor, to execute the method of authentication by transmitting data to a display device for performing the authentication of the user to interact with the display device,
wherein the communication unit is configured to display in an optical unit of the crypto-glasses a key map which correlates data input into the display device with keys of the display device, the key map indicating data different from data of the keys of the display device.

16. The crypto-glasses according to claim 15 , wherein the gesture comprises the blinking performed by the user.

17. The crypto-glasses according to claim 15 , wherein the display device is configured to communicate with the processor so as to dynamically display information.

18. The crypto-glasses according to claim 15 , wherein the data includes a blinking key, the blinking key correlating a blinking pattern to one of characters to be entered into the display device performing the authentication.

19. The crypto-glasses according to claim 15 , further comprising an auditory device configured so as to communicate the data entered into the display device performing the authentication to the user.

20. The crypto-glasses according to claim 15 , further comprising a biometric information input unit configured so as to authenticate biometric information of the user.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Kundu Ashish
• Nanavati Amit A
• Soroker Danny

Classifications

• G06F2221/031

  Protect user input by software means · CPC title

• G06F21/35

  communicating wirelessly · CPC title

• H04L9/3226

  using a predetermined code, e.g. password, passphrase or PIN (network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting authentication of entities using passwords in a packet data network H04L63/083) · CPC title

• H04L9/3231 Primary

  Biological data, e.g. fingerprint, voice or retina (network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting authentication of entities using biometrical features in a packet data network H04L63/0861) · CPC title

• H04W12/06

  Authentication · CPC title