Electronic Device with Biometric Authentication Control of Companion Devices, and Corresponding Systems and Methods
AssigneeMotorola Mobility LLC
InventorsVivek Tyagi, Sudhir Vissa
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Abstract
An electronic device includes a biometric sensor, such as a fingerprint sensor, that identifies biometric input received at the biometric sensor. One or more processors operable with the biometric sensor identify at least one authentication agent operating on at least one companion device operating within a wireless communication radius of the electronic device. The processors then select an authentication credential for selected authentication agents. A wireless communication circuit delivers the authentication credential to the authentication agent. An authentication tool can also be delivered.
Claims20
An electronic device, comprising:
- a biometric sensor identifying a biometric input received at the biometric sensor;
- one or more processors operable with the biometric sensor, the one or more processors:
- identifying at least one authentication agent operating on at least one companion device operating within a wireless communication radius of the electronic device;
- and
- in response to the biometric sensor identifying the biometric input, selecting at least one authentication credential for the at least one authentication agent;
- and
- a wireless communication circuit responsive to the one or more processors, the wireless communication circuit delivering an authentication credential to the at least one authentication agent of the at least one companion device.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, with a biometric sensor of a first electronic device, a biometric input;
- authenticating, with one or more processors operable with the biometric sensor, the biometric input;
- identifying, with the one or more processors, at least one authentication agent operating on at least a second electronic device operating within a wireless communication radius of the first electronic device;
- selecting, with the one or more processors, at least one authentication credential for the at least one authentication agent;
- and
- transmitting, with a wireless communication circuit operable with the one or more processors, the at least one authentication credential to the at least one authentication agent of the at least the second electronic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.