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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021

Filed:

Feb. 26, 2018
Applicant:

Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sharad Subhash Mhaske, Ahmednagar, IN;

Arif Mohammed Shaikh, Pune, IN;

Shrikant Pawar, Mumbai, IN;

Assignee:

NortonLifeLock Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G11C 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 21/629 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosed computer-implemented method for detecting unauthorized use of an application may include (1) receiving, by the computing device, fingerprint data associated with a fingerprint, where the fingerprint data is received from the touchscreen, when a user interface of the application is displayed on the touchscreen, and in an absence of displaying a request for fingerprint data on the touchscreen, (2) comparing the received fingerprint data to a whitelist of authorized fingerprint data to determine a presence of a match, where the authorized fingerprint data indicates at least one fingerprint of at least one user that is authorized to access the application and (3) performing, when the received fingerprint data does not match the whitelist of authorized fingerprint data, a security action. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.


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