Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hye-Mi Lee

Ji-Hye Myung

Jae-Myoung Lee

Bong-Hee Kim

Seung-Kyung Lim

Min-Jee Jou

Pil-Joo Yoon

Tae-Yeon Kim

Sae-Gee Oh

Hyung-Woo Shin

Ji-Yeon Kim

Si-Hak Jang

Bo-Hyun Sim

Hae-Dong Lee

Hee-Jin Kim

Jin-Hoon Cho

Sang-Hyuk Koh

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an electronic device may comprise a first sensor configured to obtain first biometric information of a first authentication level from a user, a second sensor configured to obtain the first biometric information and/or second biometric information of a second authentication level higher than the first authentication level from the user, a memory configured to store at least one piece of biometric information authenticated in relation with the user, and a processor configured to compare the at least one piece of biometric information with the first biometric information obtained through the first sensor while the electronic device operates in a locked state, to activate a timer to stop input to the first sensor for a designated time when authentication based on the first biometric information fails a designated number of times based on the comparison of the first biometric information, to obtain the second biometric information through the second sensor while the timer is active, and to deactivate the timer when the second biometric information is authenticated based on the at least one piece of biometric information.

Electronic device for performing authentication using multiple authentication means and method for operating the same

An operating method of an electronic device is provided. The method includes selecting an area corresponding to at least one field of a page displayed through a display of the electronic device on the basis of an input; confirming an attribute corresponding to the at least one field among a plurality of attributes including a first attribute and a second attribute; and selectively providing a content corresponding to the attribute among at least one content including a first content and a second content according to the confirmed attribute.

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Incheon, South Korea

Hye-Mi Lee