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US 2020/0404489 A1Published application
Authentication for Device Access
AssigneeMotorola Mobility LLC
InventorsRachid M. Alameh, Eric Le Roy Krenz, John J. Gorsica, IV, Jarrett K. Simerson
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Abstract
Techniques for authentication for device access are described. In the described techniques, interaction between a client device and an assistant device is utilized to authenticate the client device for access to protected functionality and/or content. For instance, proximity between the client device and the assistant device, and physical authentication of a user with the assistant device, are leveraged for authenticating the client device for access to the protected functionality and/or content.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- determining that a first device is to be authenticated for access to the first device;
- ascertaining whether a second device is within a threshold physical proximity to the first device;
- determining, responsive to ascertaining that the second device is within the threshold physical proximity to the first device, whether the second device is physically authenticated relative to a user of the first device;
- and
- causing the first device to be authenticated for access to the first device based on determining that the second device is physically authenticated relative to the user of the first device.
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A system comprising:
- a wireless radio system to transmit and receive wireless signal;
- a sensor system;
- and
- an authentication module implemented to:
- determine that a first device is to be authenticated for access to the first device;
- ascertain, based on one or more of wireless data received via the wireless radio system, or sensor data obtained via the sensor system, that the first device is within a threshold physical proximity to a second device and that the second device is physically authenticated relative to a user of the first device;
- and
- cause the first device to be authenticated for access to the first device based on ascertaining that the first device is within the threshold proximity and that the second device is physically authenticated relative to the user.
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A method comprising:
- determining, based on a local authentication at a first device, that the first device is to be authenticated for access to the first device;
- ascertaining that the first device is within a threshold proximity to a second device and that the second device is physically authenticated relative to a user of the first device;
- and
- causing the first device to be authenticated for access to the first device based on ascertaining that the first device is within the threshold proximity and that the second device is physically authenticated relative to the user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.