JP2016129292A - Security setting and cancellation method for smartphone using wearable device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for performing the lock release of a smartphone using a wearable device, and for maintaining security under the use of the smartphone.SOLUTION: The method includes: a step s100 where a security application of a smartphone receives an equipment authority from an OS; a step s200 of requesting the service start of the security application; a step s300 of confirming a wearable device registered in the smartphone; a step s400 where the smartphone requests a connection confirmation value to the wearable device; a step s500 where the wearable device transmits the connection confirmation value to the smartphone; a step s600 of displaying a lock screen on the smartphone; a step s700 of inputting lock release on the smartphone; a step s800 where the smartphone receives a value based on the input of lock release from the wearable device; and a step s900 of releasing lock.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for securing a smartphone using a wearable device, and more particularly, to a method capable of maintaining security during unlocking of a smartphone and use of the smartphone using a smart watch.

  In the unlocking method at the start of use of the smartphone, means such as a pin (PIN) number or a pattern input method are generally used. The above input method does not provide a high security level, but has an advantage that the security can be released relatively easily. However, the above-described pin number or pattern input method also has a problem that input is inconvenient when one hand cannot be used, such as during driving, in accordance with the trend toward larger smartphone screens.

Korean Registered Patent No. 10-0387708 (Security and Security Device Control System Using Wireless Mobile Terminal) (Released on May 6, 2002)

  As described above, in the unlocking of smartphones, according to the trend toward larger smartphone screens, the pin number or pattern input method also has a problem that input is inconvenient when one hand cannot be used, such as during driving. Therefore, this invention tends to provide the technique of canceling | releasing the security of a smart phone easily, maintaining the security level which prevents other users from using a smart phone.

  Therefore, the present invention provides a method for securing a smartphone using a wearable device, wherein a security application installed on the smartphone receives a device authority from the OS of the smartphone (s100); requesting a service start of the security application installed on the smartphone Step (s200); confirming a wearable device registered in the smartphone (s300); requesting a connection confirmation value to the wearable device (s400); sending the connection confirmation value to the smartphone by the wearable device (S500); displaying a lock screen on the smartphone (s600); inputting unlocking on the smartphone (s700); Provides smartphone security method using a wearable device including a step (S900) for releasing the or lock; the wearable device smartphone receives from step (s800) the value by the force.

  The present invention makes it easy to use a smartphone with pairing with a wearable device while maintaining a security level that prevents other users from unlocking the lock screen or using the unlocked smartphone. Provide a method that can provide unlock or use permission with a simple swipe or touch action.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a preferred embodiment for explaining the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart of one embodiment of the security method of the present invention. FIG. 3 is an exemplary view of an application setting screen for providing the security method of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a view showing an example of the lock screen according to the present invention. FIG. 5 is a flowchart of another embodiment of the security method of the present invention.

  The present invention makes it easy to use a smartphone with pairing with a wearable device while maintaining a security level that prevents other users from unlocking the lock screen or using the unlocked smartphone. In order to provide a smartphone security method that provides unlocking or use permission to the mobile phone and achieve the above object, the present invention is provided in an application (APP) installed in a smartphone and a smartwatch.

  FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a preferred embodiment for explaining the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart of one embodiment of the security method of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the present invention is a method of securing a smartphone using a wearable device, wherein a security application installed on the smartphone 200 receives device authority from the OS of the smartphone (s100); installed on the smartphone Step (s200) for requesting start of service of security application; Step (s300) for confirming wearable device 100 registered in the smartphone; Step (s400) for requesting connection confirmation value from the wearable device (s400); Transmitting a connection confirmation value to the mobile phone (s500); displaying a lock screen on the smartphone (s600); inputting unlocking on the smartphone (s7) 0); providing a smartphone security method using a wearable device including a step (S900) for releasing the or lock; the wearable device smartphone receives from step (s800) the value by input of the unlocking.

  The wearable device 100 can be applied to smart watches, smart glasses, smart bands, and the like without limitation, and is particularly preferably a smart watch. Moreover, it is preferable that the wireless communication which connects the wearable device 100 and the smart phone 200 is Bluetooth.

  The step (s100) in which the security application installed on the smartphone receives device authority from the smartphone OS means, for example, a process of requesting and receiving device authority for initial lock screen setting from the smartphone OS. To do. FIG. 3 is an example of a security application setting screen for providing the security method of the present invention. The user can easily acquire the device authority from the OS by touching the device authority acquisition menu 210 on the setting screen of the security application of the present invention provided as shown in FIG.

  The step of requesting the service start of the security application installed on the smartphone (s200) is a step of determining the execution of the application of the present invention, and is simply performed by touching the service start menu 220 on the setting screen of FIG. Service can be started.

  In the step (s300) of confirming the wearable device 100 registered in the smartphone 200, the OS of the smartphone 200 confirms the registered wearable device 100. In the step (s300) of confirming the wearable device registered in the smartphone, if there is no registered wearable device, a process of registering the wearable device using the already set PIN number is provided.

  In this case, the smart phone searches for a wearable device by short-range wireless communication (s310); the smart phone requests connection with the wearable device by short-range wireless communication (s320); the smartphone's already set PIN number is wearable It is preferable to perform a process of transmitting to the device (s330); confirming the PIN number with a wearable device (s340); and connecting the wearable device and the smartphone (s350).

  In order to confirm the connection state between the smartphone and the registered wearable device via short-range wireless communication, the smartphone requests the wearable device for a connection confirmation value (s400), and the wearable device connects to the smartphone. Is transmitted (s500).

  The wearable device 100 is registered, but the smartphone is connected at the step (s400) of requesting a connection confirmation value from the wearable device when the smartphone is placed in another place or the connection state is cut off due to the exhaustion of the battery. If the confirmation value is not returned, the step of calling the emergency secret number input window already set in the smartphone (s410); the step of inputting the emergency secret number (s420); the emergency secret number already entered and the emergency number already set By performing the process of comparing with the secret number (s430), the smartphone can be used through the input of the already set emergency secret number.

  When the user turns on the smartphone 200, as shown in FIG. 4, the lock screen 300 is displayed in the step of displaying the lock screen on the smartphone (s600). At this time, the lock screen 300 can display an already set image screen, and the user can select the already set display screen. In addition, it is preferable to implement an emergency secret number touch menu 310 for inputting an emergency secret number when the wearable device 100 is not connected to a part of the display screen.

  The step of inputting unlocking on the smartphone (s700) preferably involves simply swiping the lock screen 300. At this time, other methods such as two to three continuous touches are also applicable.

  Thereafter, a step (s900) of releasing the lock is performed through a step (s800) in which the smartphone receives a value from the wearable device from the wearable device, so that the user can use the smartphone 200.

  As another embodiment of the present invention, there is a case where the OS of the smartphone cannot directly receive the value from the wearable device in the lock screen state (for example, the API is not provided because the OS version is low). is there. In order to solve such a problem, the present invention turns the wireless communication module that connects the smartphone 200 and the wearable device 100 on and off, thereby bypassing the value of the unlock input from the wearable device. Provide a way to receive.

  That is, in the present invention, the step of displaying the lock screen on the smartphone (s600) includes the step of turning off short-range wireless communication (s610). At this time, the connection state between the smartphone 200 and the wearable device 100 such as a smart watch is cut off.

  The step of inputting unlocking by the smartphone (s700) includes the step of generating a screen touch event of the smartphone (s710; not shown) and the step of turning on the short-range wireless communication (s720; not shown). Comes to include. That is, by turning on the short-range wireless communication module by inputting touch or the like on the lock screen 300 of the smartphone 200, preparations for connecting the smart watch 100 and the smartphone 200 again by wireless communication are made.

  The step (s800) of receiving a return value from the wearable device from the wearable device (s800) by generating a drag event for swiping the touched finger (s810; not shown), and the wearable by short-range wireless communication A step (s820) of connecting the device 100 and the smartphone 200 is included. That is, in response to the drag event, the smartphone 200 and the wearable device 100 are connected again via wireless communication, whereby the smartphone 200 receives a connection value from the registered smart watch 100. The lock is released by the connection value, and the user can use the smartphone.

  As yet another embodiment, a method of directly inputting unlocking to the screen of the wearable device 100 instead of inputting unlocking to the lock screen 300 of the smartphone 200 is also applicable. Again, the unlocking input method can be swipe or continuous touch. That is, instead of the step of inputting unlocking on the smartphone (s700), the step of inputting unlocking on the wearable device (s700 '; not shown) can be performed.

  Furthermore, this invention provides the security level which confirms the user who wears the wearable device 100 continuously by confirming the connection of the wearable device 100 and the smartphone 200 continuously even during use of the smartphone.

  To this end, the present invention includes a step (s1000) of confirming connection with a wearable device during use of the smartphone after the step of releasing the lock (s900), and as shown in FIG. The step of confirming the connection with the wearable device (s1000) is a step of generating an event on the smartphone (s1100); a step of requesting a connection confirmation value from the smartphone to the wearable device (s1200); a connection confirmation value is returned from the wearable device A step (s1300); and a step (s1400) of instructing according to an event on the smartphone.

  In this case, it is preferable that the event on the smartphone is one of application execution, system setting change event, and widget execution.

  In other words, through the above process, the user can maintain a security level by making it impossible for other users to use the smartphone by pairing a wearable device such as a smart watch with the smartphone. The lock can be released by a simple operation such as swiping.

100 Wearable Device 200 Smartphone 210 Device Authority Acquisition Menu 220 Service Start Menu 300 Lock Screen 310 Emergency Secret Number Touch Menu

Claims (6)

In the security setting and release method for smartphones using wearable devices,
i) Step (s100) in which the security application installed on the smartphone receives device authority from the OS of the smartphone;
ii) requesting to start a service of a security application installed on the smartphone (s200);
iii) confirming the wearable device registered in the smartphone (s300);
iv) The smartphone requests a connection confirmation value from the wearable device (S400);
v) The wearable device transmits a connection confirmation value to the smartphone (s500);
vi) displaying a lock screen on the smartphone (s600);
vii) inputting unlocking on the smartphone (s700);
viii) a step of receiving a value from the wearable device by the smart phone from the wearable device (s800);
A smart phone security setting and cancellation method using a wearable device. Displaying the lock screen on the smartphone (s600) includes turning off near field communication (s610);
The step of inputting unlocking with the smartphone (s700)
Generating a screen touch event of the smartphone (s710); and turning on the short-range wireless communication (s720),
The step (s800) in which the smartphone receives a return value from the wearable device by the unlocking input (s800), a step of generating a drag event (s810), and a step of connecting the wearable device and the smartphone by short-range wireless communication ( The smart phone security setting and release method using the wearable device according to claim 1, characterized in that s820) is included. Instead of inputting unlocking on the smartphone (s700),
The method for setting and releasing the security of a smartphone using the wearable device according to claim 1, wherein a step of inputting unlocking on the wearable device (s700 ′) is performed. After the unlocking step (s900),
Including a step (s1000) of confirming the connection with the wearable device while using the smartphone, and the step of confirming the connection with the wearable device while using the smartphone (s1000).
Generating an event on the smartphone (s1100);
Requesting a connection confirmation value from the wearable device with the smartphone (s1200);
Returning a connection confirmation value from the wearable device (s1300); and issuing a command according to an event on the smartphone (s1400);
Including
The smartphone security setting and release method using the wearable device according to claim 1, wherein the event on the smartphone is one of an application execution, a system setting change event, and a widget execution. . In the step of confirming the wearable device registered in the smartphone (s300),
If there is no registered wearable device,
A smartphone searching for a wearable device by short-range wireless communication (s310);
The smartphone requesting connection with the wearable device via short-range wireless communication (s320);
Transmitting the already set PIN number of the smartphone to the wearable device (s330);
Confirming the PIN number with a wearable device (s340); and connecting the wearable device and a smartphone (s350);
The smart phone security setting and release method using the wearable device according to claim 1, wherein: Since the wearable device is not connected, if the connection confirmation value is not returned in the step (s400) in which the smartphone requests a connection confirmation value from the wearable device,
Calling an emergency secret number input window already set in the smartphone (s410);
Inputting an emergency secret number (s420); and comparing the input emergency secret number with an already set emergency secret number (s430);
The smart phone security setting and release method using the wearable device according to claim 1, wherein:

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