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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:
Feb. 14, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2016
Applicant:

Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;

Inventors:

Neil Patrick Adams, Waterloo, CA;

Mark Alex Cullum, Ottawa, CA;

Nick Waterman, Waterloo, CA;

Assignee:

BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/45 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/45 (2013.01); H04L 63/083 (2013.01); H04L 63/0861 (2013.01); H04W 12/068 (2021.01);
Abstract

A method at a computing device, the method including detecting, at the computing device, a trigger that authentication is pending for an application or service; indicating a state of a credential vault via a user interface of the computing device; and when the credential vault is in a locked state, activating an authentication mechanism for the credential vault without changing focus on the user interface for the application or service.


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