Interacting with a computing device via identity-bearing peripheral devices
US10572644B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 26, 2017 |
| Grant date | Feb 25, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 29, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/10
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A technique is described herein by which a user may gain access to a target resource via one or more particular peripheral devices that have been associated with the user. The technique performs this task by detecting when a user communicatively couples an identity-bearing component to a hub device. The user may thereafter use any input and/or output peripheral device that is also coupled to hub device to interact with the target resource, in a manner specified by authentication information associated with the user. In another use scenario, two or more users may interact with the same target resource via respective collections of user-associated peripheral devices.
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