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Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 16, 2016
Applicant:

Plantronics, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Inventors:

Erik Perotti, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Roman J Ryan, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Assignee:

Plantronics, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0861 (2013.01); H04L 63/083 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02);
Abstract

Methods and apparatuses for user authentication are described. In one example, authenticating a user includes establishing a first wireless communication link between a headset and a first computing device and a second wireless communication link concurrent with the first wireless communication link between the headset and a second computing device. A user authentication request is received at the first computing device from a secure system. The user authentication request is transmitted from the first computing device to the headset. An authentication response is transmitted to the secure system utilizing the second computing device and the second wireless communication link.


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