Patent granted in India to INTEL CORPORATION
Patent number 373405 has been granted to INTEL CORPORATION, which is titled CONTROLLED ACCESS TO FUNCTIONALITY OF A WIRELESS DEVICE. The primary independent claim of this patent states an apparatus, having electronic devices including a processor, a memory, and a camera. The patent applicant responded to this objection by stating that the claims have been amended as directed and therefore, the subject matter is directed to an apparatus to perform biometric authentication and not to computer programs per se. This patent falls under the category of Computer Science. Overall, this patent covers the process to verify that a person being authorized by biometric techniques to use a device is a living person and not some form of recording intended to spoof the system.
