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Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 06, 2023
Applicant:

Nexrf Corp., Reno, NV (US);

Inventor:

Michael Anthony Kerr, Reno, NV (US);

Assignee:

NEXRF CORP., Reno, NV (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/60 (2013.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04W 12/04 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/602 (2013.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01); H04W 12/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A proximity based authentication system and method is described. The system includes a gateway, a cloud component, and a mobile device. The gateway is associated with a particular location and is communicatively coupled to a cloud component. The gateway includes a gateway short-range wireless radio capable of establishing a short-range wireless communication channel. The mobile device is also communicatively coupled the cloud component and includes a mobile device short-range wireless radio that communicates with the gateway using the short-range wireless communication channel when the mobile device is in proximity of the gateway. The mobile device receives a gateway key over the short-range wireless communication channel. The mobile device then communicates the gateway key to a cloud component database. The cloud component authenticates the particular location of the mobile device when the cloud component receives the gateway key from the mobile device.


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