Personal digital identity device with microphone
View Patent ↗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 including one or more shared secret keys;
a button accessible to a user of the personal digital ID device;
a microphone to capture a user voice for authentication;
a radio;
a hard coded program store; and
a processor coupled to the hard coded program store, the crypto/cipher engine, the button, the microphone, and the radio, the processor configured to execute instructions retrieved from the hard coded program store and to validate a user through a voiceprint analysis and to provide authentication to a cloud service using the at least one digital identifier and the radio by powering the radio for a predetermined duration in response to user interaction with the button;
wherein the crypto/cipher engine makes available the one or more shared secret keys to perform the authentication with the cloud service.
2. The personal digital ID device of claim 1 wherein the crypto/cipher engine comprises a smartcard controller.
3. The personal digital ID device of claim 1 wherein the crypto/cipher engine comprises a plurality of smartcard secure elements.
4. The personal digital ID device of claim 1 wherein the crypto/cipher engine is user-removable from the personal digital ID device.
5. The personal digital ID device of claim 4 wherein the crypto/cipher engine resides on a subscriber identity module (SIM) card.
6. The personal digital ID device of claim 1 wherein the radio comprises a near-field radio.
7. The personal digital ID device of claim 6 wherein the near-field radio comprises a ISO 14443 compatible radio.
8. The personal digital ID device of claim 6 wherein the near-field radio comprises a ISO 18092 compatible radio.
9. The personal digital ID device of claim 8 wherein the flexible housing includes a bracelet shape.
10. The personal digital ID device of claim 1 wherein the radio comprises a non-near-field radio.
11. The personal digital ID device of claim 10 wherein the non-near-field radio comprises a Bluetooth radio.
12. The personal digital ID device of claim 1 wherein the radio comprises a near-field radio and a non-near-field radio.
13. The personal digital ID device of claim 1 further comprising a flexible housing to allow the personal digital ID device to be worn as a personal accessory.
14. A bracelet comprising:
a housing formed to encircle a user's wrist;
a crypto/cipher engine having at least one digital identifier including one or more shared secret keys;
a button accessible to a user of the personal digital ID device;
a microphone to capture a user voice for authentication;
a radio;
a hard coded program store; and
a processor coupled to the hard coded program store, the crypto/cipher engine, the button, the microphone, and the radio, the processor configured to execute instructions retrieved from the hard coded program store and to validate a user through a voiceprint analysis and to provide authentication to a cloud service using the at least one digital identifier and the radio by powering the radio in response to user interaction with the button;
wherein the crypto/cipher engine makes available the one or more shared secret keys to perform the authentication with the cloud service.
15. The bracelet of claim 14 wherein the crypto/cipher engine comprises a smartcard secure element.
16. The bracelet of claim 14 wherein the radio comprises a near-field radio.
17. The bracelet of claim 14 wherein the radio comprises a non-near-field radio.
18. A personal digital ID device that includes a radio, a user accessible hardware-based interaction component, a microphone to allow user validation through a voice print analysis, and a smartcard secure element operable to provide identity authentication to a cloud service through a mobile phone over a radio link powered only for a predetermined duration when a user interacts with the hardware-based interaction component, wherein the smartcard secure element provides identity authentication to the cloud service by encrypting a number using a shared secret key to produce a result that is sent to the cloud service through the mobile phone.
19. The personal digital ID device of claim 18 further comprising a housing in the shape of a bracelet.
20. The personal digital ID device of claim 19 wherein the radio comprises a near-field radio.
21. The personal digital ID device of claim 19 wherein the radio comprises a non-near-field radio.
22. The personal digital ID device of claim 18 wherein the user accessible hardware-based interactive component comprises a button.