Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multiple device credential sharing
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Application No.: US16146945Application Date: 2018-09-28
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Publication No.: US10970385B2Publication Date: 2021-04-06
- Inventor: Richard J. Mondello , Chelsea E. Pugh , Maureen G. Daum , Morgan H. Winer , Shuchen Li
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin & Goetzel, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F21/45
- IPC: G06F21/45 ; G06F21/44 ; H04L29/06 ; G06F21/31 ; H04L9/08

Abstract:
Techniques are disclosed relating to sharing a user credential between computing devices. In some embodiments, a first computing device stores a set of user credentials usable to authenticate a user and receives, from a second computing device, a request for a user credential to be provided responsive to an authentication prompt associated with the second computing device. In such an embodiment, the request includes an indication of a service for which the authentication prompt is being presented. Based on the indication, the first computing device determines whether the stored set of user credentials includes a user credential relevant to the authentication prompt and presents a selection prompt asking a user of the first computing device to select a one of the stored set of user credentials to provide to the second computing device for authentication to the service, the relevant user credential being identified in the selection prompt.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190034621A1 MULTIPLE DEVICE CREDENTIAL SHARING Public/Granted day:2019-01-31
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