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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 24, 2019
Applicant:

Motorola Mobility Llc, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Rachid M. Alameh, Crystal Lake, IL (US);

Eric Le Roy Krenz, Crystal Lake, IL (US);

John J. Gorsica, IV, Round Lake, IL (US);

Jarrett K. Simerson, Glenview, IL (US);

Assignee:

Motorola Mobility LLC, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/107 (2013.01); H04L 9/0891 (2013.01); H04L 63/061 (2013.01); H04L 63/0853 (2013.01); H04L 63/104 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for authentication for key access are described. In the described techniques, interaction between a client device and an assistant device is utilized to authenticate the client device for access to protected functionality and/or content. For instance, proximity between the client device and the assistant device, and physical authentication of a user with the assistant device, are leveraged for authenticating the client device for access to the protected functionality and/or content.


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