Function-Based Authorization to Access Electronic Devices
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, at an electronic device, a request to generate function-authorization settings including function-access data associated with a particular function of the electronic device to be protected;
prompting for the function-access data;
receiving the function-access data, wherein the received function-access data includes first function-access data that specifies access credentials of a first user to access the particular function and second function-access data that specifies access credentials of a second user to access the particular function;
associating the received function-access data with the particular function; and
storing the function-authorization settings including the function-access data at a memory of the electronic device.
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Abstract
Systems and methods to secure authorized access are disclosed. A method includes receiving, an electronic device, a request to generate function-authorization settings including function-access data associated with a particular function of the electronic device to be protected. The method also includes prompting for and receiving function-access data. The received function-access data includes first function-access data that specifies access credentials of a first user to access the particular function and second function-access data that specifies access credentials of a second user to access the particular function. The method also includes associating the received function-access data with the particular function and storing the function-authorization settings including the received function-access data at a memory of the electronic device.
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25 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, at an electronic device, a request to generate function-authorization settings including function-access data associated with a particular function of the electronic device to be protected; prompting for the function-access data; receiving the function-access data, wherein the received function-access data includes first function-access data that specifies access credentials of a first user to access the particular function and second function-access data that specifies access credentials of a second user to access the particular function; associating the received function-access data with the particular function; and storing the function-authorization settings including the function-access data at a memory of the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause an electronic device to perform operations of:
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receiving a request to generate function-authorization settings including function-access data associated with a particular function of the electronic device to be protected; prompting for the function-access data; receiving the function-access data, wherein the function-access data includes first function-access data that specifies access credentials of a first user to access the particular function and second function-access data that specifies access credentials of a second user to access the particular function; associating the received function-access data with the particular function; and storing the function-authorization settings including the received function-access data at a memory of the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a data structure, wherein the data structure comprises:
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computer-executable instructions to perform a particular function associated with an electronic device; function-authorization settings including function-access data associated with the particular function, wherein the function-access data includes first function-access data that specifies access credentials of a first user to access the particular function and second function-access data that specifies access credentials of a second user to access the particular function; and computer-executable instructions to perform operations including; receiving, at the electronic device, a request to perform the particular function; prompting for user access credentials in response to receiving the request; receiving the user access credentials in response to the prompting for user access credentials; determining whether the received user access credentials match the function-access data associated with the particular function; and when the received user access credentials match the function-access data associated with the particular function, performing the particular function in accordance with usage restrictions of the function-access data associated with a particular user identified by the received user access credentials.
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24. A mobile communication device comprising:
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an antenna; a transceiver coupled to the antenna; an input/output (I/O) interface; a processor coupled to the transceiver and to the I/O interface; a memory device accessible to the processor and including executable instructions that, when executed, cause the mobile communication device to perform operations of; receiving, via the I/O interface, a request to generate function-authorization settings including function-access data associated with a particular function of the mobile communication device; prompting, via the I/O interface, for the function-access data; and receiving, via the I/O interface, the function-access data, wherein the received function-access data includes first function-access data that specifies access credentials of a first user to access the particular function and second function-access data that specifies access credentials of a second user to access the particular function; wherein the function-authorization settings are stored at the memory device. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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