CONFIGURABLE PERSONAL DIGITAL IDENTITY DEVICE WITH MICROPHONE 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 microphone to capture a user's voice to be used for authentication;
a radio; and
a processor coupled to the crypto/cipher engine, the button, the microphone, and the radio, the processor configured to capture the user's voice using the microphone and to set a radio communication parameter in response to user interaction 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 user interaction with the button comprises one button press.
4 . The personal digital ID device of claim 1 wherein the user interaction with the button comprises two button presses.
5 . The personal digital ID device of claim 1 wherein the user interaction 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 microphone to capture a user's voice to be used for authentication;
a radio; and
a processor coupled to the crypto/cipher engine, the button, the microphone, the battery, and the radio, the processor configured to capture the user's voice using the microphone and to make the at least one digital identifier available to a service over a radio link in response to 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 microphone to capture a user's voice to be used for authentication;
a near-field radio;
a non-near-field radio; and
a processor coupled to the crypto/cipher engine, the button, the microphone, the near-field radio, and the non-near-field radio, the processor configured to capture the user's voice using the microphone and to make the at least one digital identifier available to a service over a radio link in response to 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.