Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Modifying security state with secured range detection
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Application No.: US15996413Application Date: 2018-06-01
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Publication No.: US11176237B2Publication Date: 2021-11-16
- Inventor: Wade Benson , Alexander R. Ledwith , Marc J. Krochmal , John J. Iarocci , Jerrold V. Hauck , Michael Brouwer , Mitchell D. Adler , Yannick L. Sierra , Libor Sykora
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Main IPC: G06F21/34
- IPC: G06F21/34 ; G06F21/36 ; H04W4/80 ; H04W4/02 ; H04W12/06 ; H04W12/63 ; H04W12/082

Abstract:
In some embodiments, a first device performs ranging operations to allow a user to access the first device under one of several user accounts without providing device-access credentials. For example, when a second device is within a first distance of the first device, the first device determines that the second device is associated with a first user account under which a user can access (e.g., can log into) the first device. In response to the determination, the first device enables at least one substitute interaction (e.g., a password-less UI interaction) to allow the first device to be accessed without receiving access credentials through a user interface. In response to detecting an occurrence of the substitute interaction, the user is allowed to access the first device under the first user account. In some embodiments, the substitute interaction occurs while the first device is logged into under a second user account.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180276367A1 MODIFYING SECURITY STATE WITH SECURED RANGE DETECTION Public/Granted day:2018-09-27
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