US 12,238,091 B1
Methods and apparatus for facilitating distribution of authenticated data with reduced hardware requirements
Denis Mars, San Francisco, CA (US); and Simon Ratner, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Oura Health Oy, Oulu (FI)
Filed by OURARING INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/704,945.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/167,502, filed on Mar. 29, 2021.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/0853 (2013.01) [H04L 63/083 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for authentication, comprising:
registering, in an authentication service, a first identifier associated with a wearable device associated with a first user, wherein the authentication service is associated with an interface application;
disposing the wearable device proximate to a smart device associated with a second user that does not have the interface application installed, wherein the wearable device provides a second identifier associated with the interface application, and wherein the smart device stores a document or a reference to a document;
receiving, in the authentication service, a communication from the smart device facilitated by the interface application, wherein the smart device receives the interface application in response to the second identifier, wherein the communication comprises the first identifier and the document or the reference to the document;
determining, in the authentication service, whether the authentication service is approved for the document in response to the first identifier associated with the wearable device;
digitally signing, in the authentication service, the document to form a digitally signed document, in response to the document and to determining that the authentication service is approved; and
outputting, with the authentication service, the digitally signed document or a reference to the digitally signed document to the smart device.