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Associating distinct security modes with distinct wireless authenticators

  • US 9,552,472 B2
  • Filed: 05/29/2013
  • Issued: 01/24/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An authentication method comprising:

  • securing resources on a first device according to a first security mode, wherein the resources on the first device are grouped into a plurality of subsets of resources, each of the plurality of the subsets of resources includes a plurality of resources having a common management scheme, and the first security mode is one of a plurality of distinct security modes;

    while securing resources on the first device according to the first security mode, detecting, at the first device, information encoded in a wireless authenticator device based on a wireless interaction between the first device and the wireless authenticator device, wherein the information includes one or more accessibility attributes and the one or more accessibility attributes includes a resource attribute and an authentication attribute, the resource attribute indicating whether external access to a plurality of resources having a common management scheme is granted or declined, the authentication attribute indicating an additional authentication mechanism that is required before allowing external access to the plurality of resources, and the additional authentication mechanism being independent of using the wireless authenticator device;

    based on the one or more accessibility attributes, selecting a second security mode associated with the wireless authenticator device, wherein the second security mode is different than the first security mode; and

    applying the selected second security mode at the first device, wherein applying the selected second security mode comprising securing the plurality of resource having the common management scheme according to the resource attribute.

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