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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2022
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Nagendra Kumar Nainar, Morrisville, NC (US);
David John Zacks, Vancouver, CA;
Carlos M. Pignataro, Cary, NC (US);
Thomas Szigeti, Vancouver, CA;
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/32 (2013.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0861 (2013.01); H04L 63/0853 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure describes techniques for authentication using wearable devices. An example method includes determining that a user is wearing a secondary device; determining that the secondary device has detected a signal output by a primary device; determining that the user has confirmed an authentication factor output by the primary device; and enabling the user to access a secured resource via the primary device.