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Secure access to restricted resource

US8606227B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

Gerald Karam · Morristown, US
Alicia Abella · Morristown, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 22, 2009
Grant date	Dec 10, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 28, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04M2250/22
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Devices, systems and methods are disclosed which relate to restricting access to a secure resource by requiring a multimodal input sequence as a passkey to access the secure resource. Certain techniques allow a user to provide simultaneous input through a plurality of input sensors on a handheld device to create a multimodal input sequence, which is used as a unique passkey required to access secure resources. Combinations of input sensors are used to complete the multimodal input sequence. Among the available input sensors are an accelerometer, a touch screen, a camera, a proximity sensor, a position sensor, etc. The secure resource can be data or materials.

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