公开(公告)号：US12244604B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-04

申请号：US17408369

申请日：2021-08-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Caleb M. Davenport ,  Quenton D. Jones ,  Paul J. Sholtz ,  Peter J. Hare

IPC: H04L9/40 ,  G06Q20/38 ,  G06Q20/40 ,  H04L67/104 ,  H04L67/1061

Abstract: The subject disclosure provides systems and methods for companion device authentication. A user of a first device may not have access to a service that can be provided by the first device. The service may be a streaming service, a cloud-based service, or the like. Companion device authentication can allow the user, or another user, to authorize access to the service at the first device, using a companion device to the first device. The first device and the companion device may exchange communications to nominate the companion device prior to notifying a user of the companion device of a companion device authentication request for the first device.

公开(公告)号：US11588903B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-21

申请号：US17087549

申请日：2020-11-02

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Vijay Sundaram ,  Caleb M. Davenport ,  Patrick L. Coffman

IPC: H04L67/306 ,  H04L67/12 ,  H04L12/28 ,  G06F16/9035 ,  G06F21/62 ,  G06F21/60 ,  G06F16/90 ,  H04N1/00 ,  G06F9/445 ,  G06F16/904

Abstract: User switching for multi-user devices is provided. Each of multiple users of the multi-user device can have multiple external accounts that are each associated with one or more applications installed at the device. The user switching is provided such that each application installed at the device can be operated using user-specific data for the correct account of the correct user. The user switching is provided such that an app developer of an application for the multi-user device does not have to manage multiple data stores for multiple users.