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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2016
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Paul C. Castro, Sharon, MA (US);
Yunwu Huang, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Marco Pistoia, Amawalk, NY (US);
Umut Topkara, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); H04W 12/08 (2009.01); H04W 12/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04L 63/104 (2013.01); H04L 63/105 (2013.01); H04L 63/107 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01); H04W 12/04 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for proximity-based access control include determining whether a distance from a first mobile device to each of one or more safe mobile devices falls below a threshold distance; determining whether a number of safe mobile devices within the threshold distance exceeds a safe gathering threshold with a processor; and activating a safe gathering policy in accordance with the safe gathering threshold that decreases a security level in the first mobile device.