METHOD FOR CONNECTING DEVICES USING BIOMETRIC INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR

Abstract: an electronic device is provided. the electronic device includes at least one communication module, memory storing biometric information of a user, a bio-hash corresponding to the biometric information, and one or more computer programs, and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the at least one communication module and the memory, wherein the one or more computer programs include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to receive, from an external device, a message containing at least one of a pass code pair and device information of the external device through the at least one communication module, authenticate a pass code associated with the external device by using the bio-hash stored in the memory and the pass code pair, transmit, based on an authentication result, device information of the electronic device to the external device, and connect, based on a request from the external device, to the external device via the at least one communication module.

Inventor(s): Minho KIM, Moonsoo CHANG, Inmyung CHOI

CPC Classification: H04W12/068 ({using credential vaults, e.g. password manager applications or one time password [OTP] applications})

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