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US-9270671

Biometric-based wireless device association

PublishedFebruary 23, 2016
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Technical Abstract

According to one aspect of the present disclosure a system and technique for refreshing memory topology in virtual machine operating systems is disclosed. The system includes a processor and logic executable by the processor to: receive biometric data corresponding to a user of the data processing system; create a certificate based on the biometric data; discover a wireless device able to communicate with the data processing system; responsive to discovering the wireless device, automatically request a certificate from the wireless device; and responsive to the certificate from the wireless device matching the certificate created by the data processing system, automatically associate the wireless device with the data processing system.

Patent Claims
8 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.

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1. A data processing system, comprising: a processor; and logic executable by the processor, the logic executable by the processor to: responsive to receiving an input of biometric data from a user of the data processing system, automatically create a certificate based on the biometric data and automatically request a biometric-based certificate from an unpaired wireless device discovered by the data processing system; responsive to the certificate from the wireless device matching the certificate created by the data processing system, automatically the wireless device with the data processing system; and after pairing the wireless device with the data processing system, automatically purge the biometric data and the certificates from the data processing system.

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2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the logic is executable to receive a fingerprint of the user as the biometric data.

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3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the logic is executable to, responsive to determining that the wireless device lacks a certificate matching the certificate created by the data processing system, refuse an association of the wireless device to the data processing system.

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4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the logic is executable to preconfigure a wireless device owned by the user with a certificate generated based on the biometric data.

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5. A computer program product for automatically associating a wireless device to a data processing system, the computer program product comprising: a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising computer readable program code configured to: responsive to receiving an input by the data processing system of biometric data from a user of the data processing system, automatically create a certificate based on the biometric data and automatically request a biometric-based certificate from an unpaired wireless device discovered by the data processing system; responsive to the certificate from the wireless device matching the certificate created by the data processing system, automatically the wireless device with the data processing system; and after pairing the wireless device with the data processing system, automatically purge the biometric data and the certificates from the data processing system.

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6. The computer program product of claim 5 , wherein the computer readable program code is configured to receive a fingerprint of the user as the biometric data.

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7. The computer program product of claim 5 , wherein the computer readable program code is configured to, responsive to determining that the wireless device lacks a certificate matching the certificate created by the data processing system, refuse an association of the wireless device to the data processing system.

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8. The computer program product of claim 5 , wherein the computer readable program code is configured to preconfigure a wireless device owned by the user with a certificate generated based on the biometric data.

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Filing Date

November 14, 2012

Publication Date

February 23, 2016

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