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Mobile device access to a protected machine

  • US 20170359342A1
  • Filed: 06/09/2017
  • Published: 12/14/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A network-based access method operative in association with a first device of a user, and a second device of the user, comprising:

  • associating, in a data set, information that binds the first device to the second device, and that binds the first device to a credential enabling access by the user to the first device;

    upon receipt of an indication that the second device is and remains in physical proximity to the first device that is presently locked, determining whether the user can be verified, wherein the determination includes causing a notification to be delivered to the second device and evaluating a response to that notification;

    following delivery of the notification to the second device, determining whether a verification response to the notification has been received; and

    when the verification response to the notification has been received, the verification response having been generated as a result of a valid response to receipt of the notification, providing a verification result to the first device;

    wherein receipt of the verification result at the first device unlocks the first device automatically based on the information in the data set.

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