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Authentication transfer across electronic devices

  • US 10,205,718 B1
  • Filed: 09/16/2014
  • Issued: 02/12/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for transferring an authentication of a user performed on a first electronic device to at least a second electronic device, the method comprising:

  • obtaining, via a processor, a request to transfer the authentication of the user from the first electronic device to the second electronic device;

    verifying the authentication of the user on the first electronic device by evaluating a list specifying authenticated devices associated with the user, wherein the user is authenticated with a first service on the first electronic device;

    detecting, via a sensor associated with the first electronic device, a specified physical motion to initiate a transferring of a first token comprising a passcode from the first electronic device to the second electronic device, wherein the first electronic device initiates the transferring of the first token upon determining, based on a detected signal from the second electronic device, that the second electronic device has detected the specified physical motion within a time interval; and

    upon detecting that the second electronic device has received the first token, authenticating the user on the second electronic device based on an access level of the user on the first electronic device without requiring authentication credentials for the user from the second electronic device, wherein the user is authenticated with a second service on the second electronic device.

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