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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2014
International Business Machines, Armonk, NY (US);
Berthold Martin Lebert, Phoenix, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Continuous authentication of a user of a computing device is established to ensure security of the computing device. A smart pen fingerprint print reader identifies a user fingerprint and a determination is made to grant access to a computer device for this user. Communication with the computing device is accomplished through the smart pen. A security event is detected when the continuous user contact with the smart pen device is disrupted. In addition, user inactivity or exceeding a threshold distance between the smart pen device and the computing device may also trigger a security event. Detection of a security event will cause the screen content of the computing device to become unintelligible and the computing device becomes inoperable.