User Authentication Facilitated by an Additional Device
AssigneeMotorola Mobility LLC
InventorsJohn J. Gorsica, IV, Rachid M. Alameh
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Abstract
In aspects of user authentication facilitated by an additional device, a computing device can maintain authentication data usable to authenticate a user to use the computing device. The computing device implements an authentication control module that can determine an additional device is equipped to facilitate authentication of a user to the computing device. The authentication control module can then receive additional authentication data associated with the user from the additional device, and authenticate the user to use the computing device based in part on the additional authentication data received from the additional device.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving an indication of user intent to use a computing device;
- determining that an additional device is equipped to facilitate authentication of a user to the computing device using an authentication method;
- receiving authentication data associated with the user from the additional device;
- and
- authenticating the user to use the computing device based, in part, on the authentication data received from the additional device.
A computing device, comprising:
- a memory to maintain authentication data usable to authenticate a user to use the computing device;
- an authentication control module implemented at least partially in computer hardware to:
- receive an indication of user intent to use the computing device;
- determine that an additional device is equipped to facilitate authentication of a user to the computing device;
- receive additional authentication data associated with the user from the additional device;
- and
- authenticate the user to use the computing device based, in part, on the additional authentication data received from the additional device.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a first computing device, a notification to facilitate authentication of a user to a second computing device using an authentication method of the second computing device;
- collecting, by the first computing device, authentication data associated with the user, the authentication data usable to authenticate the user to the second computing device using the authentication method;
- and
- communicating the authentication data associated with the user to the second computing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.