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Mobile computing device and wearable computing device having automatic access mode control

  • US 10,194,271 B2
  • Filed: 05/03/2017
  • Issued: 01/29/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, by a processor of a mobile computing device, an indication of a wireless communication link between the mobile computing device and a wearable computing device;

    responsive to receiving the indication of the wireless communication link, determining, based on a signal strength of the wireless communication link, a distance between the mobile computing device and the wearable computing device;

    determining that the distance between the mobile computing device and the wearable computing device is greater than a threshold distance;

    responsive to determining, by the processor of the mobile computing device, that the distance between the mobile computing device and the wearable computing device has changed from less than the threshold distance to greater than the threshold distance;

    transmitting, by the processor of the mobile computing device to a processor of the wearable communication device, an instruction to output an alert to prompt the user to retrieve the mobile computing device; and

    changing, by the processor of the mobile computing device and based at least in part on determining that the distance has changed to greater than the threshold distance, an access mode of a computing environment of the mobile computing device from an increased access security mode to a reduced access security mode in which a user is permitted access to a smaller set of functionality provided by the mobile computing device than when in the increased access security mode.

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