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US 9,432,361 B2Granted
System and method for changing security behavior of a device based on proximity to another device
AssigneeLookout, Inc.
InventorsKevin Patrick Mahaffey, Brian James Buck
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Abstract
The security and convenience of a mobile communication device is enhanced based on a separate key device. If the key device is near the mobile communication device, the mobile communication device may be automatically unlocked without the user having to input an unlock code. The mobile communication device may be automatically unlocked into a first mode having a first level of functionality. If the user inputs a correct unlock code, the mobile communication device may be unlocked into a second mode having a second level of functionality, greater than the first level of functionality.
Claims19
A method comprising steps of:
- while a mobile communications device is locked and connected to a network, detecting, by a proximity detection module in the mobile communications device, that a key device is also connected to the network, the key device performing a user authentication process;
- while the mobile communications device is locked and connected to the network, receiving, by a behavior modification module in the mobile communications device, information from a communication from the key device to the mobile communications device, the information indicating that the user authentication process has been successfully completed, the completed process resulting in an authenticated key device user;
- in response to detecting, by the proximity detection module, that the mobile communications device and the key device are connected to the network and in response to the receiving the information, by the behavior modification module, that the user authentication process has been successfully completed, authenticating, by the behavior modification module in the mobile communications device, the authenticated key device user to the mobile communications device;
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- based on the authenticating of the authenticated key device user to the mobile communications device, initiating the unlocking, by the behavior modification module, of the mobile communications device.
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A method comprising:
- detecting, by a proximity detection module in a mobile communications device, that a key device and the mobile communications device are both connected to a network, the detecting being triggered by the mobile communications device being activated, the key device performing a user authentication process;
- while the mobile communications device is locked and connected to the network, receiving, by a behavior modification module in the mobile communications device, information from a communication from the key device to the mobile communications device, the information indicating, that the user authentication process has been successfully completed, the completed process resulting in an authenticated key device user;
- in response to the detecting, by the proximity detection module, that the mobile communications device and the key device are both connected to the network and in response to the receiving the information, by the behavior modification module, that the user authentication process has been successfully completed, authenticating, by the behavior modification module in the mobile communications device, the authenticated key device user to the mobile communications device;
- based on the authenticating of the authenticated key device user to the mobile communications device, initiating the unlocking, by the behavior modification module, of the mobile communications device.
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A method comprising:
- while a mobile communications device is locked and connected to a network, detecting, by a proximity detection module in the mobile communications device, that a key device is also connected to the network, the detecting being performed with a display of the mobile communications device presenting an appearance indicative of being turned off, the key device performing a user authentication process;
- while the mobile communications device is locked and connected to the network, receiving, by a behavior modification module in the mobile communications device information from a communication from the key device to the mobile communications device, the information indicating that the user authentication process has been successfully completed, the completed process resulting in an authenticated key device user;
- in response to detecting, by the proximity detection module, that the mobile communications device and the key device are both connected to the network and in response to the receiving the information, by the behavior modification module, that the user authentication process has been successfully completed, authenticating, by the behavior modification module in the mobile communications device, the authenticated key device user to the mobile communications device;
- based on the authenticating of the authenticated key device user to the mobile communications device, initiating the unlocking, by the behavior modification module, of the mobile communications device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.