	US 11,888,850 B2
	Proximity-based unlocking of communal computing devices
Raju Jain, Kirkland, WA (US); Dipesh Bhattarai, Redmond, WA (US); Peter Gregory Davis, Redmond, WA (US); Jeffrey Johnson, Bellevue, WA (US); Liang Zhang, Redmond, WA (US); and Kiran Kumar, Redmond, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/808,172.
Application 17/808,172 is a division of application No. 16/156,496, filed on Oct. 10, 2018, granted, now 11,399,024.
Prior Publication US 2022/0321561 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04W 12/63 (2021.01)

CPC H04L 63/0884 (2013.01) [H04L 63/0853 (2013.01); H04L 63/0861 (2013.01); H04L 63/102 (2013.01); H04W 12/63 (2021.01)]

15 Claims

9. A computer-implemented method implemented by a communal computing device, the method comprising:

establish a trust relationship with a cloud-based provider;

detect a device identifier of a mobile device proximate to the communal computing device;

provide the device identifier to the cloud-based provider;

receive low-fidelity biometric data of a user associated with the mobile device from the cloud-based provider;

capture sensor data from a sensor of an environment proximate to the communal computing device;

determine that at least a portion of the sensor data matches the low-fidelity biometric data of the user; and

recognize the user.