Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Proximity based authentication of a user through a voice assistant device
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Application No.: US17470721Application Date: 2021-09-09
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Publication No.: US11765595B2Publication Date: 2023-09-19
- Inventor: Erich Peter Stuntebeck , Kar Fai Tse , Ravish Chawla , Chaoting Xuan
- Applicant: VMware, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: VMware, INC.
- Current Assignee: VMware, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Agency: Thomas | Horstemeyer, LLP
- Main IPC: H04W12/63
- IPC: H04W12/63 ; G06Q10/1093 ; H04W12/069 ; H04W12/72

Abstract:
Disclosed are various approaches for authenticating a user through a voice assistant device and creating an association between the device and a user account. The request is associated with a network or federated service. A user account can be implicitly authenticated based on proximity of a client device to the voice assistant device. An association between the user account and the voice assistant device can then be created.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210409955A1 PROXIMITY BASED AUTHENTICATION OF A USER THROUGH A VOICE ASSISTANT DEVICE Public/Granted day:2021-12-30
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