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US 2014/0230019 A1Published application
Authentication to a first device using a second device
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsJay Pierre Civelli, Roma Shah
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Abstract
A token that authenticates a user to a device such as a mobile phone is disclosed. Each device may be associated with multiple tokens such that each token has an authorization configuration. The device may receive an authentication signal from one of the tokens. The authorization configuration that corresponds to the token that provides an authentication signal may be identified. The device may receive an access request. The requested access may be provided based on the authorization configuration and the access request.
Claims30
A method, comprising:
- receiving at a device an authentication signal from a first of a plurality of tokens, each token associated with an authorization configuration;
- authenticating the first of the plurality of tokens based on the authentication signal;
- identifying the authorization configuration that corresponds to the first of the plurality of tokens;
- receiving at the device an access request;
- and
- providing the requested access based on the authorization configuration and the access request.
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A system comprising:
- a first of a plurality of tokens, each token associated with an authorization configuration;
- a device, the device comprising a processor configured to:
- receive at the device an authentication signal from the first of the plurality of tokens;
- authenticate the first of the plurality of tokens based on the authentication signal;
- identify the authorization configuration that corresponds to the first of the plurality of tokens;
- receive at the device an access request;
- and
- provide the requested access based on the authorization configuration and the access request.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.