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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2016
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Conrad Sauerwald, Mountain View, CA (US);
Alexander Ledwith, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
John Iarocci, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Marc J. Krochmal, Cupertino, CA (US);
Wade Benson, San Jose, CA (US);
Gregory Novick, San Francisco, CA (US);
Noah Witherspoon, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of unlocking a second device using a first device is disclosed. The method can include: the first device pairing with the second device; establishing a trusted relationship with the second device; authenticating the first device using a device key; receiving a secret key from the second device; receiving a user input from an input/output device; and transmitting the received secret key to the second device to unlock the second device in response to receiving the user input, wherein establishing a trusted relationship with the second device comprises using a key generated from a hardware key associated with the first device to authenticate the device key.