US 11,704,401 B2
Multi-factor authentication via mixed reality
Fritz Francis Ebner, Pittsford, NY (US); Matthew Leigh Puccini, Carlsbad, CA (US); Aaron Zachary Borden, Pittsford, NY (US); and Matthew David Levesque, Henrietta, NY (US)
Assigned to Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed by Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/649,658.
Application 17/649,658 is a continuation of application No. 16/660,879, filed on Oct. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,321,441.
Prior Publication US 2022/0156358 A1, May 19, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 21/35 (2013.01); G06F 21/40 (2013.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 21/40 (2013.01) [G06F 21/35 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01); H04L 63/0815 (2013.01); H04L 2463/082 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An authentication method to grant access to a secure service, the authentication method comprising:
capturing, by a camera of a user device, images of one or more real-world objects in a physical environment;
displaying, on a display of the user device, the captured images;
determining that an electronic device is being displayed on the display of the user device, the electronic device providing a secure service, the secure service providing access to one or more functions of a multi-function print device;
in response to the electronic device being displayed on the display of the user device, displaying a virtual authentication lock on the display of the user device;
receiving one or more interactions with the virtual authentication lock;
determining whether the one or more interactions correspond to one or more authentication interactions related to the virtual authentication lock; and
granting, in response to the one or more interactions corresponding to the one or more authentication interactions, access to the secure service provided by the electronic device.