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Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 02, 2017
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Tara Abernathy, San Diego, CA (US);

Eric Trexel, San Diego, CA (US);

Vijayalakshmi Raveendran, Del Mar, CA (US);

Rahshel Brown, San Diego, CA (US);

Dallas Wiener, San Diego, CA (US);

Gabriel Moura da Silva, San Diego, CA (US);

Kabir Kasargod, San Diego, CA (US);

Laura Hart, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/06 (2009.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/06 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.02); G06F 2221/2139 (2013.01); H04M 2250/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed is a mobile device to authenticate a user. The mobile device may comprise: a first sensor; a second sensor to use more power than the first sensor; and a processor coupled to the first sensor and the second sensor. The processor may be configured to: collect data from the first sensor; determine if an environmental change occurred based on the collected data from the first sensor; engage the second sensor to collect data if the environmental change occurred; and modify a polling rate for the second sensor based on the collected data from the second sensor.


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