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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2020
Motorola Mobility Llc, Chicago, IL (US);
Ranjeet Gupta, Naperville, IL (US);
Joel D. Voss, Elkhorn, WI (US);
Motorola Mobility LLC, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method, a communication device and a computer program product for protecting communication devices from access by unauthorized users. The method includes retrieving, from a memory, a biometric sensor disable time range and determining, via a processor of the communication device, if a current time is within the biometric sensor disable time range. In response to determining that the current time is within the biometric sensor disable time range, the method further includes determining if the communication device is in a sleep mode and in response to determining that the communication device is in the sleep mode, disabling at least one biometric sensor.