Efficient startup and logon

• US 10,331,870 B1
• Filed: 03/12/2018
• Issued: 06/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: United Services Automobile Association
• Original Assignee: United Services Automobile Association
• Inventors: Johnson, Zakery Layne, Shelton, John, Casillas, Debra Randall, Buckingham, Thomas Bret, Fernandez, Gabriel Carlos, Rangarajan, Sudarshan, Mortensen, Maland Keith
• Primary Examiner(s): Hirl, Joseph P
• Assistant Examiner(s): Murphy, J. Brant
• Application Number:
  US15/918,997
• Time in Patent Office: 470 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/35 communicating wirelessly
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/065 Continuous authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/068 using credential vaults, e.g. password manager applications or one time password [OTP] applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/069 using certificates or pre-shared keys
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

Methods and systems for receiving a detection of a physical presence of a user and, in response, initiating a start-up process on an enterprise device according to a profile associated with the user are described. Thereafter, the system receives authentication credentials at the enterprise device and the user is granted access to the enterprise device after the authentication credentials are verified.

Claims

1. A computerized method comprising:

receiving, at a server communicably coupled to one or more enterprise devices, a detection of a physical presence of a user device associated with a user, wherein the physical presence of the user device is detected using at least one of;

near-field communications, radio-frequency identification, location-based technology, or short-range wireless communication protocol;

in response to detecting the physical presence of the user device, initiating, from the server, startup processes on a first enterprise device of the one or more enterprise devices according to a profile associated with the user;

detecting that the user is logged onto a second enterprise device;

in response to detecting that the user is logged onto the second enterprise device, transferring a session of the second enterprise device to the first enterprise device, wherein initiating the startup processes includes transferring the session; and

verifying authentication credentials at the first enterprise device, wherein the startup processes are initiated prior to the verification of the authentication credentials.

2. The computerized method of claim 1, further comprising monitoring, by a network of detectors, for an indication of the physical presence of the user device.

3. The computerized method of claim 2, wherein a first detector in the network of detectors sends first information to identify the user device, and wherein a second detector in the network of detectors sends second information to verify an identity of the user device.

4. The computerized method of claim 2, wherein the network of detectors comprises a radio-frequency identification reader, wherein the computerized method further comprises:

scanning, by the radio-frequency identification reader, a badge of the user; and

transmitting, to the server, information scanned from the badge of the user, wherein the information scanned from the badge of the user is used at least in part to detect the physical presence of the user device.

5. The computerized method of claim 2, wherein the network of detectors includes at least one of:

a biometric reader, a license plate reader, a garage door sensor, a radio-frequency identification reader, a low energy beacon, a near-field communications reader, an ultra-high frequency reader, or a geo-fence.

6. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein a geo-fence surrounds an area, and wherein the physical presence of the user is detected when the user device enters or leaves the area.

7. The computerized method of claim 1, further comprising:

capturing an image of the user;

analyzing the image to determine an identity of the user; and

sending the identity to the server.

8. The computerized method of claim 1, further comprising sending a message to a mobile device associated with the user notifying the user that the startup processes are complete.

9. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the server initializes the startup processes defined in the profile associated with the user, and wherein the computerized method further comprises locking the first enterprise device in a name of the user.

10. The computerized method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to transferring the session, locking the second enterprise device or logging off the second enterprise device.

11. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the detection is detected at least in part from a calendar of the user, and wherein the first enterprise device is located in a physical location identified on a calendar event in the calendar.

12. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the profile associated with the user includes a user-selectable setting that inhibits the server from initiating the startup processes.

13. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the startup processes are initiated at a time based on a physical location of the user device.

14. A logon system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by the one or more processors cause the logon system to;

receive a detection of a physical presence of a user device associated with a user, wherein the physical presence of the user device is detected using at least one of;

near-field communications, radio-frequency identification, location-based technology, or short-range wireless communication protocol;

in response to detecting the physical presence of the user device, initiate startup processes on a first enterprise device of one or more enterprise devices according to a profile associated with the user;

detect that the user is logged onto a second enterprise device;

in response to detecting that the user is logged onto the second enterprise device, transferring a session of the second enterprise device to the first enterprise device, wherein initiating the startup processes includes transferring the session; and

verify authentication credentials at the first enterprise device, wherein the startup processes are initiated prior to the verification of the authentication credentials.

15. The logon system of claim 14, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the logon system to:

in response to transferring the session, lock the second enterprise device or log off the second enterprise device.

16. The logon system of claim 14, wherein the logon system further comprises a network of detectors, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the logon system to:

monitor the network of detectors for an indication of the physical presence of the user device.

17. The logon system of claim 14, wherein the server initializes the startup processes defined in the profile, and wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the machine to lock the first enterprise device in a name of the user.

18. The logon system of claim 14, wherein a geo-fence surrounds an area, and wherein the physical presence of the user is detected when the user device enters or leaves the area that is geo-fenced.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing a set of instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause a machine to:

receive a detection of a physical presence of a user device associated with a user, wherein the physical presence of the user device is detected using at least one of;

near-field communications, radio-frequency identification, location-based technology, or short-range wireless communication protocol;

in response to detecting the physical presence of the user device, initiate startup processes on a first enterprise device of one or more enterprise devices according to a profile associated with the user;

detect that the user is logged onto a second enterprise device;

in response to detecting that the user is logged onto the second enterprise device, transfer a session on the second enterprise device to the first enterprise device, wherein initiating the startup processes includes transferring the session; and

verify authentication credentials at the first enterprise device, wherein the startup processes are initiated prior to the verification of the authentication credentials.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the machine to:

in response to transferring the session, lock the second enterprise device or log off the second enterprise device.