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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Jeffrey R. Hamilton, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Ross L. Mickens, Cary, NC (US);
Markesha F. Parker, Durham, NC (US);
LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD., New Tech Park, SG;
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide for device authentication in a flexible display computing device. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for device authentication in a flexible display computing device includes pre-storing in memory of a computing device, data corresponding to a pattern of folds of a flexible display of the computing device. The method also includes receiving a subsequent authentication request in the computing device and, in response, monitoring a folding of the flexible display and computing data corresponding to a pattern of the monitored folding. The method yet further includes comparing in the memory of the computing device the computed data to the pre-stored data. Finally, the method includes granting access to the computing device if the pattern of the monitored folding compares to the pattern of folds based upon a threshold degree of equality between the computed data and the pre-stored data.