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US 11,540,124 B2Granted
Activation of cryptographically paired device
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorJoshua V. Graessley
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Abstract
An event is detected at a first device. Responsive to the detection, at least some functionality of the first device is deactivated. The presence of a second device, cryptographically paired with the first device, is detected by the first device. Responsive to the detection, at least some functionality of the first device is activated or reactivated.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- detecting, automatically by a first subsystem of a vehicle, a mobile computing device proximate to the first subsystem of the vehicle based on a transmission range of the mobile computing device from the first subsystem of the vehicle, wherein a functionality of the first subsystem and a second subsystem of the vehicle are configured to be locked out by the mobile computing device;
- after the first subsystem automatically detects that the mobile computing device is proximate to the first subsystem of the vehicle based on the transmission range of the mobile computing device, determining, by the first subsystem of the vehicle, whether the mobile computing device and the first subsystem of the vehicle are cryptographically paired;
- and
- in response to determining that the mobile computing device has previously established the cryptographic pairing with the first subsystem of the vehicle, setting, by the first subsystem of the vehicle, the functionality of the second subsystem of the vehicle to a second state.
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A first subsystem for a vehicle, the first subsystem comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a computer-readable medium coupled to the processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- automatically detect a mobile computing device proximate to the first subsystem of the vehicle based on a transmission range of the mobile computing device from the first subsystem of the vehicle, wherein a functionality of the first subsystem and a second subsystem of the vehicle are configured to be locked out by the mobile computing device;
- after automatically detecting that the mobile computing device is proximate to the first subsystem of the vehicle based on the transmission range of the mobile computing device, determine whether the mobile computing device and the first subsystem of the vehicle are cryptographically paired;
- and
- in response to determining that the mobile computing device has previously established the cryptographic pairing with the first subsystem of the vehicle, set the functionality of the second subsystem of the vehicle to a second state.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein program instructions that, when executed by a processor in a first subsystem of a vehicle, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
- detecting, automatically by the first subsystem of the vehicle, a mobile computing device proximate to the first subsystem of the vehicle based on a transmission range of the mobile computing device from the first subsystem of the vehicle, wherein a functionality of the first subsystem and a second subsystem of the vehicle are configured to be locked out by the mobile computing device;
- after detecting that the mobile computing device is proximate to the first subsystem of the vehicle based on the transmission range of the mobile computing device, determining, by the first subsystem of the vehicle, whether the mobile computing device and the first subsystem of the vehicle are cryptographically paired;
- and
- in response to determining that the mobile computing device has previously established the cryptographic pairing with the first subsystem of the vehicle, setting, by the first subsystem of the vehicle, the functionality of the second subsystem of the vehicle to a second state.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.