Allowing access to a device responsive to secondary signals previously associated with authorized primary input

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10694043
APP PUB NO 20180048769A1
SERIAL NO

15234183

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A method is provided for controlling access to a target device. The method comprises receiving, by the target device, primary input from a user or user device, wherein the primary input matches a predetermined input stored by the target device and authorizes the user or user device to access the target device. The method further comprises storing, by the target device, one or more wireless secondary signals that are detected by the target device during a time period in which the primary input is received. Still further, the method comprises allowing access to the target device in response to receiving the primary input, and then allowing access to the target device in response to subsequently receiving at least one of the one or more wireless secondary signals matching one or more of the stored wireless secondary signals in the absence of receiving the primary input.

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LENOVO GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBHC/O BRIGHT LAW AG BUNDESPLATZ 9 ZUG 6300

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Alshinnawi, Shareef F Apex, US 78 462
Cudak, Gary D Wake Forest, US 379 3536
Herman, Joseph F Raleigh, US 11 61
Weber, J Mark Wake Forest, US 70 553

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