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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2018
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Lisa M. W. Bradley, Cary, NC (US);
Jonathan Dunne, Dungarvan, IE;
Liam Harpur, Skerries, IE;
Asima Silva, Holden, MA (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/08 (2009.01); H04M 1/67 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04M 1/67 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for securing access to a mobile device are disclosed. A method includes: transmitting, by a computer device, a tone to a surface of an object; detecting, by the computer device, a frequency response from the object based on the transmitted tone; determining, by the computer device, that the detected frequency response from the surface of the object conforms to a stored frequency response; and unlocking, by the computer device, the computer device based on the determining.