Method of automatically unlocking an electronic device via a wearable device
Methods and systems for automatically unlocking an electronic device via a wearable device may include a first device authenticating a user of a wearable device in response to the user closing a clasp of the wearable device and entering a personal authentication password on the first device; a second device requesting a rolling one-time password (OTP) via a wireless connection to the wearable device in response to the second device detecting that the wearable device is within a predefined physical range, and a user pressing an input key; unlocking the second device in response to the second device receiving the OTP from the wearable device; monitoring a status of the clasp, wherein the status comprises a closed or an open state; and deleting OTP or password key information from the wearable device in response to the processor of the wearable device detecting that the clasp is in an open state.
1. A method of automatically unlocking an electronic device via a wearable device, comprising:
authenticating, with a first device, a user of the wearable device in response to the user closing a clasp of the wearable device and entering a personal authentication password on the first device;
requesting, with a wireless unit of a second device, a rolling one-time password (OTP) from a series of passwords via a wireless connection to the wearable device in response to:
the second device detecting that the wearable device is within a predefined physical range of the second device; and
the user of the wearable device pressing an input key of the second device;
unlocking, with a processor of the second device, the second device in response to the second device receiving the rolling OTP from the wearable device;
monitoring, with a processor of the wearable device, a status of the clasp, wherein the status comprises a closed state or an open state;
deleting, with the processor of the wearable device, OTP or password key information from the wearable device in response to the processor of the wearable device detecting that the clasp is in the open state;
authorizing a web page login on a browser of the second device in response to:
the second device detecting that the wearable device is within the predefined physical range of the second device; and
a user of the wearable device navigating to the web page on the browser.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising locking, with the processor of the second device, the second device in response to the second device detecting that the wearable device is outside the predefined physical range, wherein:
the predefined physical range comprises an inner zone;
an outer zone comprise a second physical range comprising distances greater than the inner zone and less than maximum transmission distance of a wireless unit of the wearable device; and
the processor of the second device is configured to calculate a position of the wearable device relative to the inner zone and the outer zone in response to the processor of the second device measuring a wireless signal strength of a signal received from the wearable device.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first device and the second device further comprise a plurality of information handling systems.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein authenticating the user further comprises the first device reading a fingerprint of the user.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless connection further comprises a Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) connection.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising authorizing an online shopping payment in response to the user of the wearable device making a purchase with the browser.
7. A system for automatically unlocking an electronic device via a wearable device, comprising:
a processor of a first device configured to authenticate a user of the wearable device in response to the user closing a clasp of the wearable device and entering a personal authentication password on the first device;
a processor of a second device, controlling a wireless unit of the second device configured to request a rolling one-time password (OTP) from a series of passwords via a wireless connection to the wearable device in response to:
the second device detecting that the wearable device is within a predefined physical range of the second device; and
the user of the wearable device pressing an input key of the second device;
the processor of the second device configured to unlock the second device in response to the second device receiving the rolling OTP from the wearable device; and
a processor of the wearable device configured to:
monitor a status of the clasp, wherein the status comprises a closed state or an open state; and
delete OTP or password key information from the wearable device in response to the processor of the wearable device detecting that the clasp is in the open state;
wherein the processor of the second device is further configured to configured to authorize a web page login in a broswer in response to:
the second device detecting that the wearable device is within the predefined physical range of the second device; and
the user of the wearable device navigating to the web page on the browser.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein:
the processor of the second device locks the second device in response to the second device detecting that the wearable device is outside the predefined physical range;
the predefined physical range comprises an inner zone;
an outer zone comprises a second physical range comprising distances greater than the inner zone and less than a maximum transmission distance of a wireless unit of the wearable device; and
the processor of the second device is configured to calculate a position of the wearable device relative to the inner zone and the outer zone in response to the processor of the second device measuring a wireless signal strength of a signal received from the wearable device.
9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the first device and the second device further comprise a plurality of information handling systems.
10. The system claim 7 , wherein the first device configured to authenticate the user further comprises a unit for reading a fingerprint of the user.
11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the wireless connection further comprises a Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) connection.
12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the browser is configured to authorize an online shopping payment in response to the user of the wearable device making a purchase with the browser.
13. An apparatus for automatically unlocking an electronic device via a wearable device, comprising:
a processor of a first device configured to authenticate a user of the wearable device in response to the user closing a clasp of the wearable device and entering a personal authentication password on the first device;
a processor of a second device, controlling a wireless unit of a second device configured to request a rolling one-time password (OTP) from a series of passwords via a wireless connection to the wearable device in response to:
the second device detecting that the wearable device is within a predefined physical range of the second device; and
the user of the wearable device pressing an input key of the second device;
the processor of the second device configured to unlock the second device in response to the second device receiving the rolling OTP from the wearable device; and
a processor of the wearable device configured to:
monitor a status of the clasp, wherein the status comprises a closed state or an open state; and
delete OTP or password key information from the wearable device in response to the processor of the wearable device detecting that the clasp is in the open state;
wherein the processor of the second device is further configured to authorize a web page login in a web browswer in response to:
the second device detecting that the wearable device is within the predefined physical range of the second device; and
the user of the wearable device navigating to the web page on the browser.
14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein:
the processor of the second device locks the second device in response to the second device detecting that the wearable device is outside the predefined physical range;
the predefined physical range comprises an inner zone;
an outer zone comprises a second physical range comprising distances greater than the inner zone and less than a maximum transmission distance of a wireless unit of the wearable device; and
the processor of the second device is configured to calculate a position of the wearable device relative to the inner zone and the outer zone in response to the processor of the second device measuring a wireless signal strength of a signal received from the wearable device.
15. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the first device and the second device further comprise a plurality of information handling systems.
16. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the first device configured to authenticate the user further comprises a unit for reading a fingerprint of the user.
17. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the wireless connection further comprises a Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) connection.