CONFIGURABLE PERSONAL DIGITAL IDENTITY DEVICE WITH FINGERPRINT SENSOR RESPONSIVE TO USER INTERACTION
A personal digital ID device provides a digital identifier to a service for a predetermined duration in response to user interaction. The user interaction may include a button press. The personal digital ID device may be in the form of a bracelet, a key fob, or other form factor. The service may be provided by a mobile device, in the cloud, or elsewhere.
1 . A personal digital ID device comprising:
a crypto/cipher engine having at least one digital identifier;
a button accessible to a user of the personal digital ID device;
a fingerprint sensor positioned on a surface of the button to allow for fingerprint scanning when the user interacts with the button;
a radio; and
a processor coupled to the crypto/cipher engine, the button, the fingerprint sensor, and the radio, the processor configured to set a radio communication parameter and scan a fingerprint of a user in response to the user interacting with the button.
2 . The personal digital ID device of claim 1 wherein the radio communication parameter is a Bluetooth pairing parameter.
3 . The personal digital ID device of claim 1 wherein the validated user interacting with the button comprises one button press.
4 . The personal digital ID device of claim 1 wherein the validated user interacting with the button comprises two button presses.
5 . The personal digital ID device of claim 1 wherein the validated user interacting with the button comprises a button press lasting longer than a predetermined threshold.
6 . The personal digital ID device of claim 1 further comprising at least one light emitting diode (LED), the at least one LED reporting the radio communication parameter.
7 . A personal digital ID device comprising:
a crypto/cipher engine having at least one digital identifier;
a battery;
a button accessible to a user of the personal digital ID device;
a fingerprint sensor positioned on a surface of the button to allow for fingerprint scanning when the user interacts with the button;
a radio; and
a processor coupled to the crypto/cipher engine, the button, the fingerprint sensor, the battery, and the radio, the processor configured to scan a user's fingerprint and make the at least one digital identifier available to a service over a radio link in response to a fingerprint scanned user performing a first user interaction with the button and to set a radio communication parameter in response to a second user interaction with the button.
8 . The personal digital ID device of claim 7 wherein the radio communication parameter is a Bluetooth pairing parameter.
9 . The personal digital ID device of claim 7 wherein the second user interaction comprises one button press.
10 . The personal digital ID device of claim 7 wherein the second user interaction comprises two button presses.
11 . The personal digital ID device of claim 7 wherein the second user interaction comprises a button press lasting longer than a predetermined threshold.
12 . The personal digital ID device of claim 7 further comprising at least one light emitting diode (LED), the at least one LED reporting the radio communication parameter.
13 . The personal digital ID device of claim 7 wherein the radio communication parameter comprises a reset state.
14 . The personal digital ID device of claim 7 wherein the radio comprises a near-field radio.
15 . The personal digital ID device of claim 7 wherein the radio comprises a non-near-field radio.
16 . A personal digital ID device comprising:
a crypto/cipher engine having at least one digital identifier;
a button accessible to a user of the personal digital ID device;
a fingerprint sensor positioned on a surface of the button to allow for fingerprint scanning when the user interacts with the button;
a near-field radio;
a non-near-field radio; and
a processor coupled to the crypto/cipher engine, the button, the fingerprint sensor, the near-field radio, and the non-near-field radio, the processor configured to make the at least one digital identifier available to a service over a radio link in response to a fingerprint scanned user performing a first user interaction with the button and to set a radio communication parameter in response to a second user interaction with the button.
17 . The personal digital ID device of claim 16 wherein the second user interaction comprises one button press.
18 . The personal digital ID device of claim 16 wherein the second user interaction comprises two button presses.
19 . The personal digital ID device of claim 16 wherein the second user interaction comprises a button press lasting longer than a predetermined threshold.
20 . The personal digital ID device of claim 16 wherein the radio communication parameter comprises a reset state.