Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Ibrahim Mohammad Ismail

Nathan Jeffrey Ide

Pranav Kukreja

Peter Gregory Davis

Anshul Rawat

Jing Zhang

Craig Thomas McIntyre

Guillermo Enrique Rueda

Jonathan D Schwartz

Saurav Sinha

Tony Ureche

Yashar Bahman

Robert Bradley Gilbert

Haitao Wang

Matthew Jonathan Joplin

Aspects of the present disclosure include systems and methods for generating and managing user authentication rules of a computing device. In an example, a computing device may include a memory storing instructions and a processor communicatively coupled with the memory and configured to execute the instructions. The processor may determine a state of the computing device, wherein the state of the computing device is one of a locked state or an unlocked state. The processor may determine a user authentication rule corresponding to the state of the computing device. The processor may also identify whether a combination of signals associated with the user authentication rule of the computing device are received by the computing device. The processor may also change or maintain the state of the computing device based on the combination of signals being received.

Authentication rules for locked and unlocked states

Systems and methods for generating and managing user authentication rules of a computing device

Methods and devices for using candidate accounts on a computer device may include creating on the computer device, a candidate account representing a blank user profile for use on the computer device. The methods and devices may include automatically logging in the candidate account and locking the computer device. The methods and devices may include creating a user specific isolated environment on the computer device for the candidate account.

Candidate user profiles for fast, isolated operating system use

In one embodiment, a user device may reestablish access to a user resource while forgoing use of a user credential during a system reboot. The user device may receive the user credential from a user during an initial login to access the user resource. The user device may create an ephemeral entropy to access the user resource. The user device may access the user resource using the ephemeral entropy.

Resumption of logon across reboots

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Ibrahim Mohammad Ismail