Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

In-Jun Son

Yong-Jun Park

Ho-Dong Jwa

Jong-Hoon Park

Sangho Park

Dong-Hyun Yeom

Sang-Ho Park

Woo-Young Choi

Wooyoung Choi

Yang Soo Lee

Moonsu Chang

Yang-Soo Lee

Gwiho Lee

Hakjoo Kim

Moon-Soo Chang

Hak-Joo Kim

Hyung-Joo Cho

A method and an apparatus for providing a connection between electronic devices using authentication based on biometric information are provided. The electronic device includes: a first communication circuit to support NFC; a second communication circuit to support non-NFC; a biometric sensor; a memory to store first authentication information corresponding to an external device; and a processor. The processor is configured to: acquire connection information related to a connection with the external device from the external device using the first communication circuit in response to NFC tagging between the electronic device and the external device; establish a communication connection with the external device using the second communication circuit based on at least the connection information; receive a request for authentication information from the external device in response to the communication connection being established; acquire biometric information corresponding to a user of the electronic device using the biometric sensor in response to the request; authenticate the user based on at least the biometric information; when the authenticating succeeds, generate second authentication information based on at least the first authentication information; and transmit the second authentication information to the external device.

Method and apparatus for connecting between electronic devices using authentication based on biometric information

An electronic device includes a processor and a memory functionally connected to the processor. The electronic device acquires user's biometric information through a biometric sensor, determines virtual biometric information corresponding to the acquired biometric information, and transmits the virtual biometric information to an external electronic device through communication circuitry. The electronic device may include the biometric sensor, the communication circuitry, and the memory may be electrically connected to the biometric sensor and the communication module and store instructions to be executed by the processor.

Electronic device for processing biometric information and method of controlling same

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