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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2013
Applicant:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jay Pierre Civelli, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Aaron Leiba, San Francisco, CA (US);
Chris Hopman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 5/00 (2006.01); G08C 23/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C 23/04 (2013.01); G08C 2201/11 (2013.01); G08C 2201/112 (2013.01); G08C 2201/60 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wearable device is disclosed that, while being worn by a user, may allow a user to authenticate to a second device such as a smartphone without having to enter an unlock code such as a personal identification number. The wearable device may detect when the user removes it. Removal of the wearable device may cause it to be disabled and prevent it from being used to authenticate a subsequent user to the second device until it is re-enabled.