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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 13, 2012
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Justin E. Santamaria, San Francisco, CA (US);

Justin M. N. Wood, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Andrew H. Vyrros, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2013.01); H04L 63/0823 (2013.01); H04L 63/102 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosed embodiments provide a system that manages access to a user account from an electronic device. The system includes an identity service that provides a device token for the electronic device and a set of handles associated with the user account to the electronic device. Next, the identity service receives, from the electronic device, a handle registration containing one or more selected handles from the set of handles. Finally, the identity service transmits an identity certificate comprising an association between the selected handles and the electronic device to the electronic device, wherein the identity certificate and the association are used to route data associated with the selected handles to and from the electronic device.


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