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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2019
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Alexander R. Ledwith, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Wade Benson, San Jose, CA (US);
Marc J. Krochmal, Santa Clara, CA (US);
John J. Iarocci, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Jerrold V. Hauck, Windermere, FL (US);
Michael Brouwer, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Mitchell D. Adler, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Yannick L. Sierra, San Francisco, CA (US);
Libor Sykora, Prague, CZ;
Jiri Margaritov, Prague, CZ;
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, a first device performs ranging operations to allow a user to perform one or more operations on the first device without providing device-access credentials. For example, when a second device is within a first distance of the first device, the first device determines that the second device is associated with a first user account that is authorized to perform operations on the first device. In response to the determination, the first device enables at least one substitute interaction (e.g., a password-less UI interaction) to allow the operations to be performed on the first device to be accessed without receiving access credentials through a user interface. In response to detecting an occurrence of the substitute interaction, the operation is authorized on the first device.