US 12,238,093 B2
Methods and devices for granting temporary remote access via biometric data
Heike Scholz, Darmstadt (DE); Liisa Talman, Bickenbach (DE); and Armin Dittschar, Langen (DE)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/773,691
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Nov. 4, 2019, PCT No. PCT/SE2019/051108
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 2, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/091437, PCT Pub. Date May 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0385653 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01)
CPC H04L 63/0861 (2013.01) [H04L 63/0492 (2013.01); G06F 9/452 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of a content computing device to enable temporary remote access to data stored in the content computing device using biometric data for authentication, the method comprising:
establishing, by the content computing device, a communication session between the content computing device and a remote computing device;
receiving, by the content computing device from a biometric sensor, a signal confirming biometric authentication thereby establishing an authentication session between the content computing device and the biometric sensor;
granting, by the content computing device, the temporary remote access for the remote computing device to the data stored in a data storage of the content computing device during said communication session and while the authentication session remains valid; and
receiving, from the biometric sensor, a periodic keep-alive signal confirming that the communication session can continue, wherein the periodic keep-alive signal is received at a regular interval between consecutive receptions thereof,
wherein the content computing device is configured to be proximate to the biometric sensor or to integrally include the biometric sensor,
wherein the signal confirming biometric authentication comprises biometric data or a hash of the biometric data, and
wherein the periodic keep-alive signal comprises a subset of the biometric data less than a full set of the biometric data or a hash of a subset of the biometric data less than a full set of the biometric data.