Secured Stylus Biometric Authentication for Information Handling Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Information handling systems face security concerns due to the storage of confidential user information, which can be compromised if a malicious user gains access, leading to identity theft and unauthorized access to sensitive documents.
Innovation Solution
The use of a stylus for authentication, combining fingerprint and handwriting biometric recognition, along with optical character recognition (OCR), to provide multi-factor authentication and persistent authentication, ensuring that only the authorized user can access the system, even when used in conjunction with passwords.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional password authentication is used, then ease of operation is maintained, but security is insufficient and can be compromised by malicious users
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple authentication factors (handwriting biometric recognition, fingerprint biometric recognition, and optical character recognition) into a unified authentication system. This merging of different authentication methods creates a multi-factor authentication mechanism that significantly improves security while maintaining user convenience through integrated interaction.
Solution Approach 2:
The stylus serves as an intermediary device that enables biometric authentication. It contains fingerprint sensors and handwriting recognition capabilities, acting as a mediator between the user and the authentication system. The stylus processes biometric data locally and communicates authentication status to the information handling system, enhancing both security and ease of operation.
2Reliability
If multiple authentication factors are implemented, then security is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The stylus is designed with multi-functionality, serving both as an input device for handwriting and as a biometric authentication tool. It integrates fingerprint sensors, handwriting recognition capabilities, and wireless communication functions into a single device. This universality allows the system to provide multiple authentication factors without requiring separate dedicated devices for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The stylus performs self-contained biometric processing by incorporating fingerprint sensors and handwriting recognition engines within the stylus itself. The stylus can independently verify fingerprints and recognize handwriting patterns before communicating with the main system, reducing the processing burden on the information handling system and simplifying the overall architecture.
3Reliability
If persistent authentication is maintained during user interaction, then security is enhanced, but authentication time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements continuous authentication by continuously monitoring handwriting input and fingerprint data throughout the user's interaction with the stylus. Rather than performing authentication only at login, the system maintains persistent verification during all stylus interactions, ensuring that the user remains authenticated without requiring repeated explicit authentication actions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary authentication actions by continuously collecting and analyzing biometric data in the background during normal stylus usage. Handwriting samples and fingerprint data are pre-processed and stored for later authentication decisions, allowing the system to make rapid authentication determinations without requiring time-consuming real-time verification for each action.
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AI summary
Security on an information handling system may be improved by using a stylus. A stylus provides unique information about a user that may not be acquired by an information handling system through other methods. For example, a user's handwriting is often unique to that user and may provide a security check on the information handling system to confirm the user's identity. Further, the stylus is usually held in the user's hand and may be used to check the user's fingerprint to confirm the user's identity. These authentication techniques, including fingerprinting and handwriting, may be used to maintain persistent authentication while the user is using the stylus. As the user continues to interact with the information handling system with the stylus, the stylus continues to receive the user's fingerprint and handwriting, which may be checked to confirm the user of the information handling system is still the expected user.