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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2008
Applicant:
Babak Makkinejad, Troy, MI (US);
Inventor:
Babak Makkinejad, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus, and an associated methodology, for facilitating authentication of a user device to access content at another device. A music file is selected as digital music authentication token. Once selected, authentication data is encoded into the music file. Subsequently, when log-in and authentication procedures are performed, the music file is retrieved, and used pursuant to the authentication procedure.