US 9,794,789 B1 · Proximity-based system that secures linked wireless-enabled devices

Abstract

The proliferation of networked, wireless-enabled devices is challenged by the reliance upon password management and user knowledge of privacy and security techniques to maintain control over data that is personal, proprietary or restricted. This disclosure enables a geo-proximity security and privacy system for assuring control and non-repudiation for wireless-enabled devices by relying upon location and trusted network relationships among a set of wireless-enabled devices, where one or more devices may act as a control or master key. Security in a digital society may be benefitted by the establishment of digital walls that are as flexible as the world of cyberspace to be erected whenever and wherever wireless-enabled technology is in use. The security protocol may be configured to secure a protected device or the data they contain from loss, theft, abuse or misuse.

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Dependent claims

A central programming device, comprising:

a processing device;
a memory device having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, in response to execution by the processing device, cause the processing device to:
identify a plurality of wireless-enabled devices;
assign a relational link among at least two of the plurality of wireless-enabled devices;
generate a geo-proximity fence that encompasses an area;
define a rule for the at least two wireless-enabled devices, the rule based, at least in part, on positions of the at least two wireless-enabled devices relative to the geo-proximity fence;
determine, based on the positions of the at least two wireless-enabled devices relative to the geo-proximity fence, whether the rule is satisfied;
and
grant, in response to determining that the rule is satisfied, access to secure data or to a secure location.

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A central programming device, comprising:

a processing device;
and
a memory device having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, in response to execution by the processing device, cause the processing device to:
detect a plurality of wireless-enabled devices within a communication area of the central programming device;
track locations and operations of the plurality of wireless-enabled devices during an initialization period;
generate, in response to termination of the initialization period, a relational link among at least two wireless-enabled devices of the plurality of wireless-enabled devices based on the tracked locations and the tracked operations of the plurality of wireless-enabled devices;
and
generate, in response to generation of the relational link among the at least two wireless-enabled devices, a rule for the at least two wireless-enabled devices based on the tracked locations and the tracked operations of the plurality of wireless-enabled devices.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Proximity-based system that secures linked wireless-enabled devices

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Proximity-based system that secures linked wireless-enabled devices

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Abstract

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