Indirect authentication
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorStephen Hayden Cotterill
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Abstract
Techniques are provided for granting authorization to restricted content on a display device from an authorizing device. In one embodiment, the display device may operate in a display mode where only unrestricted content is accessible. To access restricted content, the display device may transmit an authorization request signal to the authorizing device. The authorizing device, having received the authorization request, prompts an authorized user to enter an authentication input, such as a password or gesture, on the authorizing device. Upon verification of the authentication input, the authorizing device is authenticated. An authorization signal is transmitted to the display device, and the display device may operate in an authorized mode, having access to otherwise restricted content or functions.
Claims22
A system, comprising:
- a display device configured to operate in a display mode, wirelessly receive an authorization signal, and operate in an authorized mode in response to receiving the authorization signal;
- an authorizing device configured to receive an authentication input to authorize the display device;
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- processing circuitry external to the display device, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to wirelessly transmit an authorization signal to the display device if the authentication input is authenticated and if the display device is authorized.
An indirect authorization system, comprising:
- a display device comprising restricted content and unrestricted content, wherein the display device is configured to operate in a display mode where only the unrestricted content is accessible, transmit a request signal before entering an authorized mode where a portion of the unrestricted content is accessible, receive an authorization signal, and operate in the authorized mode in response to receiving the authorization signal;
- an authorizing device configured to receive the request signal from the display device and receive an authentication input;
- a server configured to receive the authentication input from the authorizing device, authenticate the authentication input, and transmit the authorization signal to the display device;
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- a wireless network configured to support communication between the display device, the authorizing device, and the server.
A method, comprising:
- operating a display device in display mode such that unrestricted content is accessible on the display device while restricted content is not accessible on the display device;
- receiving an authentication input at an authorizing device;
- wirelessly transmitting an authorization signal to the display device from a device external to the display device if the authentication input is authenticated;
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- operating the display device in an authorized mode after the display device receives the authorization signal, wherein operating the display device in the authorized mode comprises accessing some or all of the restricted content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.