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Patent No.:

US 8166529 B1

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Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2003
Applicant:

Niall O'donoghue, Narva, FI;

Inventor:

Niall O'Donoghue, Narva, FI;

Assignee:

Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The invention relates to a method and device for authenticating a user of an electronic device in usage contexts being able to use in said electronic device by using a usage context identifier, wherein in the method, a usage context being used in the device is selected by the user. The method comprising maintaining a centralized register of the usage contexts available for the user in the device and the user profiles associated to said usage contexts, the device identifying an usage context selected by the user, selecting at least one user profile in response to the identified service, and authenticating the user in the selected usage context on the basis of the selected user profile.


Find Patent Forward Citations

O'Donoghue, Niall. (2012). Method and device for authenticating a user in a variety of contexts (U.S. Patent No. 8166529). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8166529

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