US 12,423,391 B2
Method for authenticating a user feature, and authentication device
Florian Krautwurm, Passau (DE); Martin Metzker, Poing (DE); Markus Lachenmayr, Bavaria (DE); Tobias Appl, Nuremberg (DE); and Robin Bollmann, Munich (DE)
Assigned to SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Munich (DE)
Filed by Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Filed on Jun. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/838,627.
Prior Publication US 2023/0401297 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/31 (2013.01) [G06F 21/6254 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for authenticating a user feature, comprising:
authenticating, by an authentication device, at least one personal user feature;
generating, by the authentication device, anonymized authentication information using the at least one user feature;
providing, by the authentication device, the generated anonymized authentication information to the user for forwarding to a user entity;
receiving, by the authentication device, the generated anonymized authentication information from the user entity; and
in response to the receiving from the user entity, confirming, by the authentication device, the at least one personal user feature to the user entity to authorize a service or data exchange between the user and the user entity;
wherein the authentication device is separate and independent from the user entity.