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Providing enhanced security for wireless telecommunications devices

  • US 8,792,862 B1
  • Filed: 03/31/2011
  • Issued: 07/29/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for use in providing enhanced security for wireless telecommunications devices, the method comprising:

  • providing a first sensor, included in a wireless telecommunications device, for helping derive a first set of physical context data associated with the wireless telecommunications device;

    providing a second sensor, included in a separate secure authentication device, for helping derive a second set of physical context data associated with the wireless telecommunications device;

    securely transmitting the first set of physical context data to the authentication device;

    at the authentication device, using the first and second set of physical context data to help determine whether the wireless telecommunications device has been moved in a gesture that is consistent with a use of the wireless telecommunications device for a specific purpose; and

    permitting further communication between the wireless telecommunications device and the authentication device based on a determination that the gesture that is consistent with a use of the wireless telecommunications device for a specific purpose, wherein the communication includes exchanging commercial transaction information.

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