Biometric Enrollment Interface for Peripheral Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing techniques for enrolling a biometric feature for use with a peripheral device are cumbersome and inefficient, often requiring complex and time-consuming user interfaces that waste user time and device energy, especially in battery-operated devices.
Innovation Solution
The method involves a computer system connected to a display and input devices, which receives a request to enroll a biometric feature. It displays a user interface object prompting for authorization and, upon receiving the authorization input, initiates the enrollment process using data from a biometric sensor integrated with an external device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If existing techniques are used for enrolling biometric feature, then security can be maintained, but user time and device energy are wasted due to complex and time-consuming user interface
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by detecting biometric data through the external device's sensor before the enrollment process is initiated. The computer system receives the biometric data from the external device and prepares the enrollment state in advance, eliminating the need for complex user interface interactions during the actual enrollment moment.
Solution Approach 2:
The external device with integrated biometric sensor performs the data collection automatically without requiring user interaction with the computer system's interface. The system serves itself by using the already-present biometric data from the external device, reducing the cognitive burden on users and simplifying the overall enrollment process.
2Reliability
If existing techniques are used for enrolling biometric feature, then authorization can be obtained, but device energy is consumed due to time-consuming processes in battery-operated devices
Solution Approach 1:
The biometric data is detected and prepared in advance through the external device's sensor while the user is already interacting with it. This preliminary detection eliminates the need for prolonged active processing and energy-consuming interface interactions on the battery-operated computer system.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical interaction system (keyboard inputs, mouse clicks, complex UI navigation) with an automatic biometric detection system. The external device's sensor automatically captures and transmits biometric data, substituting energy-intensive mechanical user interface operations with efficient automated sensing and data transmission.
3Reliability
If complex user interface is used for biometric enrollment, then security verification can be performed, but cognitive burden on user increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system leverages the external device that the user is already interacting with to perform biometric data collection. The user's natural interaction with the external device serves the dual purpose of both using the device and enrolling biometric data, eliminating the need for separate complex security verification steps.
Solution Approach 2:
The external device serves multiple functions simultaneously: it is both the primary interaction device the user needs and the biometric sensing device for enrollment. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate security verification interfaces, reducing cognitive burden while maintaining security.
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AI summary
The present disclosure generally relates to enrolling a biometric feature for use with a peripheral device. While a computer system is connected to an external device, the computer system receives a first request to enroll a biometric feature. In response to receiving the request and in accordance with a determination that the request satisfies a first set of one or more criteria, the computer system displays a user interface object prompting a user to provide an authorization input to one or more input devices physically connected to the computer system. While displaying the first user interface object, the computer system receives user input. In response to receiving the user input and in accordance with a determination that the user input includes the authentication input, the computer system initiates a process to enroll the biometric feature using a biometric sensor that is integrated with the external device.