CPC G06F 21/35 (2013.01) [G06F 21/34 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); H04L 63/0861 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04W 12/61 (2021.01); H04W 12/63 (2021.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method comprising:
detecting whether a portable device is in proximity to a host device;
responsive to the detecting that the portable device is in proximity to the host device, establishing wireless communication link between the portable device and the host device, a portion of a secure memory of the portable device being made wirelessly available to the host device as a physical key of the host device;
wirelessly receiving, at the host device, authentication information from the portable device via the wireless communication link; and
automatically unlocking the host device based on the authentication information.
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