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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2014
Lookout, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Kevin Patrick Mahaffey, San Francisco, CA (US);
Timothy Micheal Wyatt, Toronto, CA;
Brian James Buck, Livermore, CA (US);
Matthew Robert Baker, San Francisco, CA (US);
Danielle Hewson Kingsley, San Francisco, CA (US);
Elaine P. Teoh, San Francisco, CA (US);
Marc William Rogers, Moraga, CA (US);
LOOKOUT, INC., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
An action is permitted to be performed on a computing device only after the action has been confirmed by two or more authorized and/or authenticated parties. A security component receives a request from to initiate an action on a computing device. Before the action is allowed to be initiated on the computing device the security component requires the authentication of first and second parties or authorizations from first and second parties, or both the authentications of and authorizations from first and second parties. After receiving the required authorizations and/or successfully performing the required authentications, the security component allows the requested action to be initiated on the computing device.