US 12,141,252 B1
Assigning new passcodes to electronic devices
Edward James Gayles, Tracy, CA (US); Lawrence Arnold Lynch-Freshner, Boulder Creek, CA (US); Sailesh Rachabathuni, Santa Clara, CA (US); and David Berbessou, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US)
Filed by Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/244,031.
Application 18/244,031 is a continuation of application No. 17/359,796, filed on Jun. 28, 2021, granted, now 11,790,059.
Application 17/359,796 is a continuation of application No. 15/869,144, filed on Jan. 12, 2018, granted, now 11,048,781, issued on Jun. 29, 2021.
Application 15/869,144 is a continuation of application No. 12/715,832, filed on Mar. 2, 2010, granted, now 9,870,452, issued on Jan. 16, 2018.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/36 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/31 (2013.01) [G06F 21/36 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2131 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a remote system and from a first electronic device associated with data representing a user account and a device identifier, a first code to request enabling access rights for a user through the first electronic device, wherein the device identifier was unassociated with the data representing a user account prior to receiving the first code;
generating, at the remote system and based at least in part on the device identifier having been previously unassociated with the data representing the user account, a second code utilizing a predetermined function;
identifying, at the remote system, one or more electronic devices associated with the user account;
selecting, from the one or more electronic devices associated with the user account, a second electronic device associated with the user account;
sending the second code from the remote system to the second electronic device;
receiving the second code at the remote system and from the first electronic device; and
enabling access rights for the first electronic device based at least in part on receiving the second code from the first electronic device, the access rights being enabled for the first electronic device and the second electronic device concurrently.