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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2020
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Lucia E. Ballard, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jerrold V. Hauck, Windermere, FL (US);
Deepti S. Prakash, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jan Cibulka, Prague, CZ;
Ivan Krstic, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure describes techniques for changing a required authentication type based on a request for a particular type of information. For example, consider a situation where a user has asked a virtual assistant 'who owns this device?' By default, the device may allow biometric authentication to unlock. In response to identification of the owner by the virtual assistant, however, the device may require one or more other types of authentication (e.g., manual entry of a passcode) to unlock the device. In various embodiments, the disclosed techniques may increase the security of the device by making it more difficult for malicious entities to obtain the sensitive information or to access device functionality once the sensitive information has been disclosed. In various embodiments, this may prevent or reduce unauthorized access to the device.