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US 2014/0373100 A1Published application
NFC Triggered Two Factor Protected Parental Controls
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorBenjamin Poiesz
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Abstract
Disclosed is a two-factor method for protecting access to content, device functionality accounts and the like through portable devices. A master device may facilitate a subordinate device's access to the on-line account by situating the master device in close proximity to the unauthorized user's portable device. Once within close proximity of one another, the devices may exchange information that may eventually allow the subordinate device to access an account, an application or the like.
Claims22
A method comprising:
- receiving a request for access to an application executing on a subordinate device;
- presenting, in a graphical user interface of the subordinate device, an input screen requesting an input code for access to the application;
- obtaining via a radio frequency transceiver, an indication that a master device is within close proximity to the subordinate device;
- in response to receiving the indication that the master device is in close proximity to the subordinate device, accepting the input code in the presented input screen of the graphical user interface;
- and
- in response to verification that the accepted input code is associated with the application, providing access to the application on the subordinate device.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving a notification at a master device that a subordinate device is attempting to access an account;
- retrieving, by the master device, information from the subordinate device using a radio frequency reader on the master device;
- confirming that the subordinate device is in close proximity to the master device using the radio frequency reader on the master device;
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- in response to a confirmation that the subordinate device is in close proximity to the master device, authorizing the subordinate device to access the account.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.