US 2026/0087183 A1Published application

Authentication for viewing content on an electronic device

AssigneeApple Inc.

InventorsMatthew L. STERN, Jue WANG, Esteban CASTELLANOS, Omar R. KHAN, David SCOTT, David A. LIPTON, Michelle CHUA, Brent RAMBO, Yunlei YANG

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Abstract

Access to content of a secured document can be restricted and systems and methods are provided for obtaining access to the content of a secured document. An electronic device in communication with one or more displays and one or more input devices, receives, from a sender device, a secured document including content. In some examples, in response to receiving the secured document, one or more prompts for one or more respective inputs for accessing the secured document can be displayed. While displaying the one or more prompts one or more respective inputs can be detected. In response to detecting the one or more respective inputs, and in accordance with a determination that the one or more respective inputs satisfy one or more criteria, including a criterion that is satisfied when the one or more respective inputs authenticate a user, obtaining access to the content of the secured document.

Claims24

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

at an electronic device in communication with one or more displays, one or more input devices, and a second electronic device:
receiving secured content transmitted by the second electronic device, wherein the secured content is associated with a viewpoint of a user of the second electronic device and includes at least a portion of a three-dimensional environment of the second electronic device;
in response to receiving the secured content, displaying, via the one or more displays, a first user interface associated with accessing the secured content, wherein the first user interface includes:
a representation of the at least the portion of the three-dimensional environment that is visible from the viewpoint of the user of the second electronic device, wherein the representation of the at least the portion of the three-dimensional environment is displayed with a first amount of occlusion;
and
an indication of an authentication process associated with obtaining access to the secured content;
and
while displaying the first user interface, detecting, via the one or more input devices, one or more inputs;
and
in response to detecting the one or more inputs:
in accordance with a determination that the one or more inputs satisfy one or more criteria, obtaining access to the secured content transmitted by the second electronic device, including updating display of the representation of the at least the portion of the three-dimensional environment of the second electronic device to have a second amount of occlusion, less than the first amount of occlusion;
and
in accordance with a determination that the one or more inputs do not satisfy the one or more criteria, maintaining the display of the representation of the at least the portion of the three-dimensional environment of the second electronic device with the first amount of occlusion.

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An electronic device in communication with one or more displays, one or more displays, and a second electronic device, the electronic device comprising:

one or more processors;
memory;
and
one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
receiving secured content transmitted by the second electronic device, wherein the secured content is associated with a viewpoint of a user of the second electronic device and includes at least a portion of a three-dimensional environment of the second electronic device;
in response to receiving the secured content, displaying, via the one or more displays, a first user interface associated with accessing the secured content, wherein the first user interface includes:
a representation of the at least the portion of the three-dimensional environment that is visible from the viewpoint of the user of the second electronic device, wherein the representation of the at least the portion of the three-dimensional environment is displayed with a first amount of occlusion;
and
an indication of an authentication process associated with obtaining access to the secured content;
and
while displaying the first user interface, detecting, via one or more input devices, one or more inputs;
and
in response to detecting the one or more inputs:
in accordance with a determination that the one or more inputs satisfy one or more criteria, obtaining access to the secured content transmitted by the second electronic device, including updating display of the representation of the at least the portion of the three-dimensional environment of the second electronic device to have a second amount of occlusion, less than the first amount of occlusion;
and
in accordance with a determination that the one or more inputs do not satisfy the one or more criteria, maintaining the display of the representation of the at least the portion of the three-dimensional environment of the second electronic device with the first amount of occlusion.

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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by one or more processors of an electronic device in communication with one or more displays, one or more input devices, and a second electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

receive secured content transmitted by the second electronic device, wherein the secured content is associated with a viewpoint of a user of the second electronic device and includes at least a portion of a three-dimensional environment of the second electronic device;
in response to receiving the secured content, display, via the one or more displays, a first user interface associated with accessing the secured content, wherein the first user interface includes:
a representation of the at least the portion of the three-dimensional environment that is visible from the viewpoint of the user of the second electronic device, wherein the representation of the at least the portion of the three-dimensional environment is displayed with a first amount of occlusion;
and
an indication of an authentication process associated with obtaining access to the secured content;
and
while displaying the first user interface, detect, via the one or more input devices, one or more inputs;
and
in response to detecting the one or more inputs:
in accordance with a determination that the one or more inputs satisfy one or more criteria, obtain access to the secured content transmitted by the second electronic device, including updating display of the representation of the at least the portion of the three-dimensional environment of the second electronic device to have a second amount of occlusion, less than the first amount of occlusion;
and
in accordance with a determination that the one or more inputs do not satisfy the one or more criteria, maintain the display of the representation of the at least the portion of the three-dimensional environment of the second electronic device with the first amount of occlusion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 19/330,424Filed 16 Sep 2025
Priority: 26 Sep 2024
Published: 26 Mar 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

G06F 21/6218
Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules: to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file…
G06F 21/84
Protecting input, output or interconnection devices: output devices, e.g. displays or monitors
G06F 21/31
Authentication, i.e. establishing the identity or authorisation of security principals: user authentication
G06F 21/32
User authentication: using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints

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Application63/699,798Us provisional application · filed 26 Sep 2024
Application63/819,497Us provisional application · filed 6 Jun 2025
Application63/880,966Us provisional application · filed 12 Sep 2025
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