| CPC H04L 63/0853 (2013.01) [G06F 21/34 (2013.01); G06F 21/41 (2013.01); G06F 21/83 (2013.01); H04L 63/0272 (2013.01); H04L 63/0815 (2013.01); H04L 63/0884 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 12/35 (2021.01); G06F 2221/2139 (2013.01); H04L 9/0825 (2013.01); H04L 9/083 (2013.01); H04L 9/3247 (2013.01); H04L 63/0846 (2013.01); H04W 12/43 (2021.01)] | 19 Claims | 

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               1. A method comprising: 
            receiving, by a first user device from a second user device, an authentication request; 
                receiving, via an application running on the first user device, a user input comprising an authentication secret; 
                performing, by the first user device based on the received authentication secret, authentication with an authentication server; 
                indicating, by the first user device, to the second user device that the authentication with the authentication server is successful by sending a message from the first user device to second user device; and 
                before the receiving the authentication request, pairing the first user device with the second user device; 
                wherein the first user device comprises at least one of a mouse or a smartwatch. 
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