IP Library Granted Patent US 10,044,708
Granted Patent B2
US 10,044,708 · App. 14/678,877 · Granted Aug 7, 2018

Method and apparatus for controlling authentication state of electronic device

Inventors: Suyoung Park (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Suha Yoon (Seoul, KR); Euichang Jung (Seoul, KR); Jingil Yang (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04L63/0846H04W12/06H04L63/0861
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Patent No.
US 10,044,708
App. No.
14/678,877
Granted
Aug 7, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for controlling an authentication state of an electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure includes authenticating user login with representative authentication information in a first application requiring user authentication, identifying temporary authentication information when authenticating the user in the first application, storing the identified temporary authentication information and the representative authentication information, deciding whether temporary authentication information is identical to the stored temporary authentication information by identifying the temporary authentication information while using the first application, and maintaining the authentication state if the temporary authentication is identical to the stored temporary authentication information.

Claims (42)

1. A method for controlling an authentication state of applications of an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving, by a processor of the electronic device, representative authentication information for a first authentication associated with a first application;

receiving, by the processor, a first temporary authentication information when performing the first authentication associated with the first application;

storing, by the processor, the first temporary authentication information and the representative authentication information in a memory of the electronic device in association with the first application;

receiving, by the processor, a second temporary authentication information during execution of the first application;

determining, by the processor, whether to maintain the authentication state of the first application based on a result of comparing the first temporary authentication information and the second temporary authentication information;

receiving, by the processor, a third temporary authentication information when performing a second authentication associated with a second application; and

determining, by the processor, whether to maintain the authentication state of the first application based on a result of comparing the first temporary authentication information and the third temporary authentication information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the representative authentication information comprises receiving the representative authentication information including at least one of user's body information and account information.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the first temporary authentication information comprises receiving at least one of communication information associated with at least one of external electronic devices and identification information obtained by a camera.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the second temporary authentication information comprises receiving the second temporary authentication information when an execution time of the first application exceeds a predetermined time.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the second temporary authentication information comprises receiving the second temporary authentication information when a second application requiring user authentication is executed.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the third temporary authentication information comprises receiving the third temporary authentication information if the representative authentication information is received when the second application requiring user authentication is to be executed.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

storing the third temporary authentication information in the memory by using the representative authentication information.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein receiving the third temporary authentication information comprises receiving the representative authentication information including at least one of user's body information and account information.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein receiving a third temporary authentication information comprises receiving at least one of communication information associated with at least one of external electronic devices and identification information obtained by a camera.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, when at least one of the second temporary authentication information or the third temporary authentication information is not identical to the first temporary authentication information, release the authentication state of the first application.

11. An apparatus for controlling an authentication state of application of an electronic device, the apparatus comprising:

a display unit;

a sensor unit;

a camera;

a wireless communication unit;

a memory; and

a controller configured to:

receive representative authentication information for a first authentication associated with a first application,

receive a first temporary authentication information when performing the first authentication associated with the first application,

store the first temporary authentication information and the representative authentication information in the memory in association with the first application,

receive a second temporary authentication information during execution of the first application;

determine whether to maintain the authentication state of the first application based on a result of comparing the first temporary authentication information and the second temporary authentication information;

receive a third temporary authentication information when performing a second authentication associated with a second application; and

determine whether to maintain the authentication state the first application based on a result of comparing the first temporary authentication information and the third temporary authentication information.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to receive the representative authentication information including at least one of user's body information and account information.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to receive the first temporary authentication information by receiving at least one of communication information associated with at least one of external electronic devices and identification information obtained by the camera.

14. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to receive the second temporary authentication information when an execution time of the first application exceeds a predetermined time.

15. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to receive the second temporary authentication information when a second application requiring user authentication is executed.

16. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to receive the third temporary authentication information if the representative authentication information is received when the second application requiring user authentication is to be executed.

17. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

store the third temporary authentication information in the memory by using the representative authentication information.

18. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to perform the second authentication with the representative authentication information including at least one of user's body information and account information.

19. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to receive the third temporary authentication information by receiving at least one of communication information associated with at least one of external electronic devices received by the wireless communication unit and identification information obtained by the camera.

20. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to, when at least one of the second temporary authentication information or the third temporary authentication information is not identical to the first temporary authentication information, release the authentication state of the first application.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE THIRD INVENTOR LAST NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 035333 FRAME: 0673. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jul 21, 2016
From: PARK, SUYOUNG; YOON, SUHA; JUNG, EUICHANG; YANG, JINGIL
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 039423/0647 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2015
From: PARK, SUYOUNG; YOON, SUHA; JANG, EUICHANG; YANG, JINGIL
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 035333/0673 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0040681 · Apr 4, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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