User profile selection using contextual authentication

Abstract

In embodiments, apparatuses, methods and storage media (transitory and non-transitory) are described that are associated with user profile selection using contextual authentication. In various embodiments, a first user of a computing device may be authenticated and have an access control state corresponding to a first user profile established, the computing device may select a second user profile based at least in part a changed user characteristic, and the computing device may present a resource based at least in part on the second user profile. In various embodiments, the computing device may include a sensor and a user profile may be selected based at least in part on an output of the sensor and a previously stored template generated by a machine learning classifier.

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         25 . At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium (CRM) comprising instructions to cause a computer server remote from a mobile phone, in response to execution of the instructions by one or more processors of the computer server, to:
 receive data representative of usage characteristics of a user of the mobile phone;   provide the received data to an authentication module, and receive, in response, user verification indication generated using the usage characteristics represented by the data; and   allow or disallow usage of an application by the user, based at least in part on the user verification indication.   
     
     
         26 . The non-transitory CRM of  claim 25 , wherein the data representative of usage characteristics of a user of the mobile phone comprise behaviometric data of the user collected while the user is using the mobile phone. 
     
     
         27 . The non-transitory CRM of  claim 26 , wherein the behaviometric data of the user comprise pressure data, placement data, swipe speed data or movement data collected while the user is using the mobile phone. 
     
     
         28 . The non-transitory CRM of  claim 25 , wherein the received data, the usage characteristics, and the user are respectively first received data, first usage characteristics, and first user; and
 the computer server is further caused to receive second data representative of second usage characteristics of a second user of the mobile phone, and provide the second received data to the authentication module, prior to the receive and provide of the first received data;   wherein the authentication module provides the responsive first verification indication to the first received data, in view of the prior provided second received data.   
     
     
         29 . The non-transitory CRM of  claim 25 , wherein the computer server is caused to continuously receive data representative of usage characteristics of the mobile phone, and provide continuously the received data to the authentication module to monitor, continuously, usage characteristics of the mobile phone. 
     
     
         30 . The non-transitory CRM of  claim 25 , wherein the user verification indication includes identification of the user. 
     
     
         31 . The non-transitory CRM of  claim 25 , wherein the user is an attempting user making an attempt to access a resource, and the user verification indication includes verification of the user as authorized to access the resource. 
     
     
         32 . A method comprising:
 receiving, by a computer server remote from a mobile phone, data representative of usage characteristics of a user of the mobile phone;   providing, by the computer server, the received data to an authentication module, and receiving, in response, user verification indication generated using the usage characteristics represented by the data; and   allowing or disallowing, by the computer server, usage of an application by the user, based at least in part on the user verification indication.   
     
     
         33 . The method of  claim 32 , wherein the data representative of usage characteristics of a user of a mobile phone comprise behaviometric data of the user collected while the user is using the mobile phone. 
     
     
         34 . The method of  claim 33 , wherein the behaviometric data of the user comprise pressure data, placement data, swipe speed data or movement data collected while the user is using the mobile phone. 
     
     
         35 . The method of  claim 32 , wherein the received data, the usage characteristics, and the user are respectively first received data, first usage characteristics, and first user; and the method further comprises: receiving, by the computer server, second data representative of second usage characteristics of a second user of the mobile phone, providing, by the computer server, the second received data to the authentication module, both prior to the receiving and providing of the first received data;
 wherein the authentication module provides the responsive first verification indication to the first received data, in view of the prior provided second received data.   
     
     
         36 . The method of  claim 32 , wherein the method further comprises continuously receiving, by the computer server, data representative of usage characteristics of the mobile phone, and monitoring, by the computer server, continuously, usage characteristics of the mobile phone. 
     
     
         37 . The method of  claim 32 , wherein a successful result of the authentication includes identification of the user. 
     
     
         38 . The method of  claim 32 , wherein the user is an attempting user making an attempt to access a resource, and the user verification indication includes verification of the user as authorized to access the resource. 
     
     
         39 . An apparatus comprising;
 one or more processor;   memory;   a module stored in the memory, and executed by the one or more processor to:   receive, from a mobile phone, data representative of usage characteristics of a user of the mobile phone;   provide the received data to an authentication module, and receive, in response, user verification indication generated using the usage characteristics represented by the data; and   allow or disallow usage of an application by the user, based at least in part on the user verification indication.   
     
     
         40 . The apparatus of  claim 39 , wherein the data representative of usage characteristics of a user of a mobile phone comprise behaviometric data of the user collected while the user is using the mobile phone. 
     
     
         41 . The apparatus of  claim 40 , wherein the behaviometric data of the user comprise pressure data, placement data, swipe speed data or movement data collected while the user is using the mobile phone. 
     
     
         42 . The apparatus of  claim 39 , wherein the received data, the usage characteristics, and the user are respectively first received data, first usage characteristics, and first user; and the module is to further receive second data representative of second usage characteristics of a second user of the mobile phone, and provide the second received data to the authentication module, prior to the receive and provide of the first received data;
 wherein the authentication module provides the responsive first verification indication to the first received data, in view of the prior provided second received data.   
     
     
         43 . The apparatus of  claim 39 , wherein the module is to further continuously receive data representative of usage characteristics of the mobile phone, and provide continuously the received data to the authentication module to monitor, continuously, usage characteristics of the mobile phone. 
     
     
         44 . The apparatus of  claim 39 , wherein the user verification indication includes identification of the user. 
     
     
         45 . The apparatus of  claim 39 , wherein the user is an attempting user making an attempt to access a resource, and the user verification indication includes verification of the user as authorized to access the resource.