Application Functionality Authentication And Authorization In A Multi-Camera System

A computing device comprising:

• a processor implemented in hardware;
• a first camera;
• a second camera;
• and
• a computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon multiple instructions that, responsive to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform acts including:
• receiving a request for the computing device to use the first camera with first functionality of an application running on the computing device;
• responsive to the request, utilizing the second camera to capture an image of the user and ascertain, based on the captured image, whether the user is authenticated and authorized to use the first camera with the first functionality of the application;
• and
• responsive to ascertaining that the user is authenticated and authorized to use the first camera with the first functionality of the application:
• enabling the wireless device to perform the first functionality, and
• performing the first functionality based at least in part on an image captured with the first camera.

A system in a wireless device, the system comprising:

• a first camera;
• a second camera;
• an application, implemented at least in part in hardware, configured to receive a request for the wireless device to use the first camera with first functionality of the application;
• a functionality usage authentication and authorization system, implemented at least in part in hardware, configured to use, in response to the request, the second camera to capture an image of the user and ascertain and indicate to the application, based on the captured image, whether the user is authenticated and authorized to use the first camera with the first functionality of the application;
• and
• the application being further configured to, in response to the functionality usage authentication and authorization system indicating that the user is authenticated and authorized to use the first camera with the first functionality of the application, enable the wireless device to perform the first functionality, and perform the first functionality based at least in part on an image captured with the first camera.