Patents by Inventor Arlen M. Hartounian

Arlen M. Hartounian has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Authenticated device assisted user authentication
    Patent number: 11516214
    Abstract: A system for user authentication includes an authenticated device with a restricted-access function that a user is able to access in response to verification of an identity of the user by the authenticated device and a proximate device with a restricted-access function that the user is able to access in response to the proximate device receiving authentication data that includes the identity of the user from the authenticated device. The authenticated device is operable to identify an absence of intent of the user to access the restricted-access function of the proximate device, and in response to identifying the absence of intent to access the restricted-access function of the proximate device, emit a locking signal such that, in response to detecting the locking signal, the proximate device enters a locked state and the restricted-access function of the proximate device is inaccessible to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Arlen M. Hartounian, Grant H. Mulliken, James W. VanDyke
  • AUTHENTICATED DEVICE ASSISTED USER AUTHENTICATION
    Publication number: 20210105614
    Abstract: A system for user authentication includes an authenticated device with a restricted-access function that a user is able to access in response to verification of an identity of the user by the authenticated device and a proximate device with a restricted-access function that the user is able to access in response to the proximate device receiving authentication data that includes the identity of the user from the authenticated device. The authenticated device is operable to identify an absence of intent of the user to access the restricted-access function of the proximate device, and in response to identifying the absence of intent to access the restricted-access function of the proximate device, emit a locking signal such that, in response to detecting the locking signal, the proximate device enters a locked state and the restricted-access function of the proximate device is inaccessible to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Arlen M. Hartounian, Grant H. Mulliken, James W. VanDyke
  • Authenticated device assisted user authentication
    Patent number: 10893412
    Abstract: Authenticated device assisted user authentication includes detecting, by an authenticated device, a proximate device, wherein a user of the authenticated device is currently authenticated to access a restricted-access function of the authenticated device. The method includes performing, by the authenticated device, an intent determination for the user with respect to a restricted-access function of the proximate device. The method includes in response to the intent determination indicating an intent to access the restricted-access function of the proximate device, performing, by the authenticated device, authentication assistance for the user with respect to the proximate device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Arlen M. Hartounian, Grant H. Mulliken, James W. VanDyke
  • Authenticated Device Assisted User Authentication
    Publication number: 20200068389
    Abstract: Authenticated device assisted user authentication includes detecting, by an authenticated device, a proximate device, wherein a user of the authenticated device is currently authenticated to access a restricted-access function of the authenticated device. The method includes performing, by the authenticated device, an intent determination for the user with respect to a restricted-access function of the proximate device. The method includes in response to the intent determination indicating an intent to access the restricted-access function of the proximate device, performing, by the authenticated device, authentication assistance for the user with respect to the proximate device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Arlen M. Hartounian, Grant H. Mulliken, James W. VanDyke