Electronic device and method for the authentication of a user of said device
CA 2329311 A1 · Owner: Karmann, Klaus-Peter · Inventors: Karmann, Klaus-Peter
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The inventive device comprises sensors (SE) for detecting biometric characteristics BM (e.g. finger pints) and an input device for inputting authentication data AUTINF (e.g. PIN). A data processing device (DE) of the inventive device determines authentication information FPAUTINF from the biometric characteristics BM. Said information is tested by the same testing device PE which tests the authentication information AUTINF to be input via the input device EE. As a result, the device EG can be used by different users and in the same manner as devices without sensors for biometric characteristics. The authentication rules (e.g. for mobile telephones and SIM cards) do not have to be …
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- Filed August 21, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 21, 2018.
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