Selection of a credential for a target device to perform next state
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorPaul Michael Anderson
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Abstract
Examples disclose a method, executed by a computing device, to obtain an identifier and system state of a target device for establishing a near field communication link. Additionally, the examples disclose the method processes the system state of the target device according to a rules engine to determine a next action for the target device. Also, the examples disclose the method selects a credential associated with the identifier of the target device and transmits the selected credential to the target device.
Claims12
A method comprising:
- obtaining, at an initiating computing device, an identifier and system state from a target computing device to establish a near field communication link, wherein the system state includes a determination by the target computing device of whether the initiating computing device is logged in to the target computing device;
- establishing the near field communication link between the initiating computing device and the target computing device;
- processing the system state of the target computing device to determine a next action for the target computing device;
- based on the next action for the target computing device, selecting the credential associated with the identifier of the target computing device;
- and
- transmitting the credential to the target computing device to perform the next action.
A computing device comprising:
- a processor to:
- receive, at the computing device, an identifier and a system state from a target computing device to establish a near field communication link between the computing device and the target computing device, wherein the identifier identifies the target computing device to the computing device, wherein the system state includes a determination by the target computing device of whether the computing device is logged in to the target computing device;
- and
- select a credential from multiple credentials based on the identifier of the target computing device for validation to the target device, each of the multiple credentials is specific to a different target computing device;
- and
- receive a state of the target computing device indicating a current status of the computing device with respect to the target computing device;
- and
- process the state of the target computing device for determination of a next state for the target computing device to perform.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by a processor of a computing device, the storage medium comprising instructions to:
- obtain, at the computing device, an identifier and a state from a target computing device to establish a near field communication link between the computing device and the target computing device, wherein the system state includes a determination by the target computing device of whether the computing device is logged in to the target computing device, and wherein the computing device is allowed to perform a task on an operating system of the target computing device when logged in;
- process the state of the target computing device according to a rules engine to determine a next state for the target computing device to perform;
- select a credential from multiple credentials, the credential associated with the identifier of the target device;
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- transmit the credential to the target computing device to perform the next state, wherein the next state includes a state specific to the target computing device based on validation of the credential at the target computing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.