IP Library Granted Patent US 11,665,158
Granted Patent B2
US 11,665,158 · App. 16/993,624 · Granted May 30, 2023

Wireless signal authentication via biometric pattern detection

Inventors: Hong Xiong (Raleigh, NC); Song Wang (Cary, NC); Jatinder Kumar (Cary, NC); Mengnan Wang (Chapel Hill, NC)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
H04L63/0861G06V40/70H04L5/0053H04W12/06H04W72/0453
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Patent No.
US 11,665,158
App. No.
16/993,624
Granted
May 30, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, including: identifying a biometric pattern present in a wireless signal associated with an information handling device; determining, using a processor, whether the biometric pattern corresponds to an authorized biometric pattern; and authenticating, responsive to determining that the biometric pattern corresponds to the authorized biometric pattern, a user of the information handling device. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Claims (30)

1. A method, comprising:

identifying a biometric pattern present in a wireless signal associated with an information handling device, wherein the biometric pattern corresponds to channel state information amplitude of at least one subcarrier of the wireless signal identified from channel state information of the wireless signal;

determining, using a processor, whether the biometric pattern corresponds to an authorized biometric pattern, wherein the determining comprises filtering, via signal processing, environmental radio interference out of the channel state information, utilizing a subcarrier selector to identify a most sensitive subcarrier from the at least one subcarrier in the filtered channel state information, and extracting, from the most sensitive subcarrier, at least one feature; and

authenticating, responsive to determining that the biometric pattern corresponds to the authorized biometric pattern, a user of the information handling device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the biometric pattern is influenced by a biometric characteristic associated with the user.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the biometric characteristic is selected from the group consisting of: breathing data, ambulatory data, and heartbeat data.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying comprises:

continuously collecting the channel state information of the wireless signal; and

identifying, within the channel state information, the channel state information amplitude of the at least one subcarrier.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining comprises determining without utilization of a sensor.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the authorized biometric pattern is contained in a user profile associated with the user.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the authorized biometric pattern is associated with an authorized user.

8. An information handling device, comprising:

a processor;

a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to:

identify a biometric pattern present in a wireless signal associated with the information handling device, wherein the biometric pattern corresponds to channel state information amplitude of at least one subcarrier of the wireless signal identified from channel state information of the wireless signal;

determine whether the biometric pattern corresponds to an authorized biometric pattern, wherein the determining comprises filtering, via signal processing, environmental radio interference out of the channel state information, utilizing a subcarrier selector to identify a most sensitive subcarrier from the at least one subcarrier in the filtered channel state information, and extracting, from the most sensitive subcarrier, at least one feature; and

authenticate, responsive to determining that the biometric pattern corresponds to the authorized biometric pattern, a user of the information handling device.

9. The information handling device of claim 8 , wherein the biometric pattern is influenced by a biometric characteristic associated with the user.

10. The information handling device of claim 9 , wherein the biometric characteristic is selected from the group consisting of: breathing data, ambulatory data, and heartbeat data.

11. The information handling device of claim 8 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to identify comprise instructions executable by the processor to:

continuously collect the channel state information of the wireless signal; and

identify, within the channel state information, the channel state information amplitude of the at least one subcarrier.

12. The information handling device of claim 8 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to determine comprise instructions executable by the processor to determine without utilization of a sensor.

13. The information handling device of claim 8 , wherein the authorized biometric pattern is contained in a user profile associated with the user.

14. A product, comprising:

a storage device that stores code, the code being executable by a processor and comprising:

code that identifies a biometric pattern present in a wireless signal associated with an information handling device, wherein the biometric pattern corresponds to channel state information amplitude of at least one subcarrier of the wireless signal identified from channel state information of the wireless signal;

code that determines whether the biometric pattern corresponds to an authorized biometric pattern, wherein the determining comprises filtering, via signal processing, environmental radio interference out of the channel state information, utilizing a subcarrier selector to identify a most sensitive subcarrier from the at least one subcarrier in the filtered channel state information, and extracting, from the most sensitive subcarrier, at least one feature; and

code that authenticates, responsive to determining that the biometric pattern corresponds to the authorized biometric pattern, a user of the information handling device.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 070269/0092 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2025
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD.
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070266/0918 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2020
From: XIONG, HONG; WANG, SONG; KUMAR, JATINDER; WANG, MENGNAN
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 054639/0143 →
Continuity (1)
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