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User authentication by emotional response

US11115409B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Susannah Shattuck · San Francisco, US
Annabella Cavello · San Francisco, US
Barak Krakauer · San Francisco, US
Ryan Anderson · Rochester, US
Al Chakra · Cary, US
Hugh G. Kohl · San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 18, 2018
Grant date	Sep 7, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 29, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W12/68
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method authenticates a user in order to activate an access mechanism for a device. One or more processors detect a real-time initial emotional state of the user, where the real-time initial emotional state of the user dynamically changes over time. The processor(s) present content as a stimulus to the user, and predict a predicted post-stimulus emotional state of the user, where the predicted post-stimulus emotional state of the user is predicted to be caused by the content being presented to the user, and where the predicted post-stimulus emotional state is dependent upon the real-time initial emotional state of the user. The processor(s) detect a real-time post-stimulus emotional state of the user. The processor(s) match the predicted post-stimulus emotional state of the user to the real-time post-stimulus emotional state of the user, and then authenticate the user and activate an access mechanism for a device.

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