Method of authenticating a user of a peripheral apparatus, a peripheral apparatus, and a system for authenticating a user of a peripheral apparatus
US9203825B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 12, 2014 |
| Grant date | Dec 1, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 12, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W12/77
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of authenticating a user at a peripheral apparatus includes receiving a log-in request from a user, sending a request to a social networking service to authenticate the user's social networking service account, receiving the user's social networking service account information from the social networking service, determining based on the user's social networking service account information whether the user is authorised to access the peripheral apparatus, and allowing, in a case that the determining determines that the user is authorised to access the peripheral apparatus, the user access to the peripheral apparatus.
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