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Today the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially granted Apple a patent application from Apple that relates to a method of easily authenticating multiple user devices using a system for authenticated device assisted user authentication.
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One aspect of Apple’s invention is a system for authenticated device assisted user authentication. The system includes an authenticated device that is worn by a user such as a head-mounted device, wherein the user is currently authenticated to access a restricted-access function of the authenticated device. The system also includes a proximate device that has a locked state and an unlocked state, wherein a restricted-access function of the proximate device is inaccessible by the user in the locked state, and the restricted-access function of the proximate device is accessible by the user in the unlocked state.
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The authenticated device is operable to detect the proximate device, to determine an intent of the user to access the restricted-access function of the proximate device while the proximate device is in the locked state, and to emit authentication data.
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Based on the authentication data, the proximate device identifies the user as an authenticated user and enters the unlocked state from the locked state, such that the restricted-access function of the proximate device is accessible to the user.
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Apple’s patent FIG. 2 below shows a block diagram of a system for authenticated device assisted user authentication; FIG. 3 shows a flow diagram of an example of authenticated device assisted user authentication.
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The head-mounted wearable device #222 may be operable to verify the identity of the user (#230) and may identify the user as an authenticated user. For example, the head-mounted wearable device may include one or more sensors for verifying an identity of the user, such as biometric sensors.
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The authenticated device may determine the user intent based on a body-motion-gesture command expressed by the user and detected by the authenticated device.
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For example, the authenticated device may receive or detect a body-motion-gesture command expressed by the user indicating the user intent to access the proximate device, and the authenticated device may determine the user intends to access the proximate device, or a restricted-access function thereof, in response to detecting the body-motion-gesture.
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For example, the authenticated device may present a request for intent confirmation, such as audio or video output indicating “nod to unlock” and the authenticated device may identify a nodding body-motion-gesture command expressed by the user as an indication of user intent to access the proximate device.
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Review Apple’s granted patent 10,893,412 for finer details.
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