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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2019
Lookout, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
William Robinson, Brentwood, CA (US);
Kevin Patrick Mahaffey, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brian James Buck, Livermore, CA (US);
LOOKOUT, INC., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
The method disclosed herein provides for performing device authentication based on the of proximity to another device, such as a key device. When a key device is not near a mobile communications device, an unlock screen is allowed to be presented on a display screen. Based on the mobile communications device receiving a first code to unlock the mobile communications device, the mobile communications device is unlocked in a first mode. Based on receiving a second code while the unlocked mobile communications device is in the first mode, the unlocked mobile communications device changes from the first mode to a second mode, wherein a level of functionality of the mobile communications device in the second mode is greater than a level of functionality of the mobile communications device in the first mode.