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Selection of authentication function according to environment of user device

US11907342B2 · kind B2 · utility

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30Claims

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Assignee

QUALCOMM Incorporated · US

Inventors

Russell Wayne Gruhlke · Fort Collins, US
Naga Chandan Babu Gudivada · Hyderabad, IN
Vishnu Vardhan Kasilya Sudarsan · Bengaluru, IN
Sumeet Kumar Sahu · Bengaluru, IN
Ravishankar Sivalingam · San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 20, 2020
Grant date	Feb 20, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 11, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L63/08
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In some aspects, a user device may detect an authentication event associated with unlocking the user device. The user device may determine, based at least in part on sensor data from a sensor of the user device, an environmental context of the user device. The user device may select, from a plurality of authentication functions of the user device, an authentication function based at least in part on the environmental context of the user device. The user device may activate an authentication component that is associated with the authentication function to authenticate a user in association with unlocking the user device. Numerous other aspects are provided.

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