Method and system for unlocking a computing device
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorPeter Chin
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Abstract
A password locked computing device may be unlocked by coupling the locked device to a password unlocked computing device that is associated with the same user as the locked device. If the devices recognize each other as being associated with the same user, the locked computing device is automatically password unlocked without any password associated with the locked computing device being entered by the user.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for unlocking a computing device, comprising:
- coupling a first computing device to a second computing device, wherein the first computing device is password unlocked and the second computing device is password locked;
- determining whether the first computing device and the second computing device recognize each other based on recognition information associated with the first computing device and the second computing device;
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- unlocking the second computing device when the first computing device and the second computing device recognize each other.
A system for unlocking a computing device, comprising:
- a first computing device that is arranged to be password unlocked;
- a second computing device coupled to the first computing device, wherein the second computing deice is arranged to be password locked;
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- an unlocking module coupled to at least one of the first computing device and the second computing device, wherein the unlocking module is arranged to:
- determine whether the first computing device and the second computing device recognize each other based on recognition information associated with the first computing device and the second computing device, and
- unlock the second computing device when the first computing device and the second computing device recognize each other.
A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for unlocking a computing device, comprising:
- coupling a first computing device to a second computing device, wherein the first computing device is password unlocked and the second computing device is password locked;
- determining whether the first computing device and the second computing device recognize each other based on recognition information associated with the first computing device and the second computing device, wherein the recognition information indicates whether a user that is associated with the first computing device is the same user that is associated with the second computing device;
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- unlocking the second computing device when the first computing device and the second computing device recognize each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.