Patent attributes
A method and an electronic device for training a classifier to identify a user of the electronic device are provided. The method comprises: receiving training key stroke data associated with the user, a given portion of the training key stroke data having been generated in response to the user inputting a respective symbol of a predetermined text into the electronic device, by interacting with a given key of the plurality of keys; determining, based on the given portion of the training key stroke data, a plurality of time intervals associated with the user; determining most stable ones of the plurality of time intervals for inclusion thereof in a training set of data; training, based on the training set of data, the classifier to determine if the predetermined text inputted into the electronic device in future has been inputted by the user.