Allowing varied device access based on different levels of unlocking mechanisms

US9578037B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

• Keith L. Shippy · Tempe, US
• Tobias M. Kohlenberg · Portland, US
• Mubashir A. Mian · Morton Grove, US
• Ned M. Smith · Beaverton, US
• Omer Ben-Shalom · Ashkelon, IL
• Tarun Viswanathan · Folsom, US
• Dennis Morgan · Shasta Lake, US
• Timothy Verrall · Pleasant Hill, US
• Manish Dave · Folsom, US
• Eran Birk · Haifa, IL

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 25, 2015
• Grant date: Feb 21, 2017
• Expiry date: Nov 25, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W88/02
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods may provide for receiving runtime input from one or more unlock interfaces of a device and selecting a level of access with regard to the device from a plurality of levels of access based on the runtime input. The selected level of access may have an associated security policy, wherein an authentication of the runtime input may be conducted based on the associated security policy. In one example, one or more cryptographic keys are used to place the device in an unlocked state with regard to the selected level of access if the authentication is successful. If the authentication is unsuccessful, on the other hand, the device may be maintained in a locked state with regard to the selected level of access.