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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2018
Applicant:
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Kevin Wayne Beck, Raleigh, NC (US);
Russell Speight VanBlon, Raleigh, NC (US);
Thorsten Peter Stremlau, Morrisville, NC (US);
Joseph Michael Pennisi, Apex, NC (US);
Assignee:
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/316 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, a touchless command to perform an action; determining, using a processor, whether the action is one of: a protected action and an unprotected action; and requesting, responsive to determining that the action is associated with a protected action, user authentication input prior to performing the action. Other aspects are described and claimed.