IP Library Granted Patent US 11,704,401
Granted Patent B2
US 11,704,401 · App. 17/649,658 · Granted Jul 18, 2023

Multi-factor authentication via mixed reality

Inventors: Fritz Francis Ebner (Pittsford, NY); Matthew Leigh Puccini (Carlsbad, CA); Aaron Zachary Borden (Pittsford, NY); Matthew David Levesque (Henrietta, NY)
Assignee: Xerox Corporation
G06F21/40G06F21/35G06T19/006G06V20/10H04L63/0815H04L2463/082
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Patent No.
US 11,704,401
App. No.
17/649,658
Granted
Jul 18, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure relates to an authentication approach to grant access to a secure service on an electronic device. The authentication approach includes receiving, via an electronic device, a request to access the secure service. The authentication approach includes determining whether the electronic device is positioned at a location that corresponds to a virtual authentication lock. The authentication approach includes displaying, in response to determining the device is positioned at the location that corresponds to the virtual authentication lock, the virtual authentication lock on a display of the electronic device. The authentication approach includes receiving one or more interactions with the virtual authentication lock. The authentication approach includes determining whether the one or more interactions correspond to one or more authentication interactions related to the virtual authentication lock and granting, in response to the one or more interactions corresponding to the one or more authentication interactions, access to the secure service.

Claims (34)

1. An authentication method to grant access to a secure service, the authentication method comprising:

capturing, by a camera of a user device, images of one or more real-world objects in a physical environment;

displaying, on a display of the user device, the captured images;

determining that an electronic device is being displayed on the display of the user device, the electronic device providing a secure service, the secure service providing access to one or more functions of a multi-function print device;

in response to the electronic device being displayed on the display of the user device, displaying a virtual authentication lock on the display of the user device;

receiving one or more interactions with the virtual authentication lock;

determining whether the one or more interactions correspond to one or more authentication interactions related to the virtual authentication lock; and

granting, in response to the one or more interactions corresponding to the one or more authentication interactions, access to the secure service provided by the electronic device.

2. The authentication method of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device is the multi-function print device.

3. The authentication method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the electronic device is being displayed on the display of the user device comprises using a neural network trained to detect the electronic device.

4. The authentication method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the virtual authentication lock on the display of the user device comprises displaying the virtual authentication lock near the electronic device.

5. The authentication method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more interactions comprise one or more gestures.

6. An authentication method to grant access to a secure service, the authentication method comprising:

capturing, by a camera of a user device, images of one or more real-world objects in a physical environment;

displaying, on a display of the user device, the captured images;

determining that an electronic device is being displayed on the display of the user device, the electronic device providing a secure service, the secure service providing access to one or more functions of a multi-function print device;

in response to the electronic device being displayed on the display of the user device, displaying a virtual authentication lock on the display of the user device;

receiving one or more interactions with the virtual authentication lock;

determining whether the one or more interactions correspond to one or more authentication interactions related to the virtual authentication lock;

when the one or more interactions correspond to the one or more authentication interactions, granting access to the secure service provided by the electronic device; and

when the one or more interactions do not corresponding to the one or more authentication interactions, displaying one or more other virtual authentication locks.

7. A computer program product for determining whether to grant access to a secure service, the computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith for determining whether to grant access to a secure service, the secure service providing access to one or more functions of a multi-function print device, the program instructions executable by one or more processors, the program instructions comprising:

capturing, by a camera of a user device, images of one or more real-world objects in a physical environment;

displaying, on a display of the user device, the captured images;

determining that an electronic device is being displayed on the display of the user device, the electronic device providing a secure service;

in response to the electronic device being displayed on the display of the user device, displaying a virtual authentication lock on the display of the user device;

receiving one or more interactions with the virtual authentication lock;

determining whether the one or more interactions correspond to one or more authentication interactions related to the virtual authentication lock; and

granting, in response to the one or more interactions corresponding to the one or more authentication interactions, access to the secure service provided by the electronic device.

8. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein the electronic device is the multi-function print device.

9. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein determining that the electronic device is being displayed on the display of the user device comprises using a neural network trained to detect the electronic device.

10. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein displaying the virtual authentication lock on the display of the user device comprises displaying the virtual authentication lock near the electronic device.

11. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein the one or more interactions comprise one or more gestures.

Assignments (7)
SECOND LIEN NOTES PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 2, 2025
From: XEROX CORPORATION
To: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 071785/0550 →
FIRST LIEN NOTES PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 11, 2025
From: XEROX CORPORATION
To: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 070824/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2024
From: XEROX CORPORATION
To: CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 066741/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2023
From: XEROX CORPORATION
To: JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 065628/0019 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS AT R/F 062740/0214 Recorded May 18, 2023
From: CITIBANK, N.A., AS AGENT
To: XEROX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063694/0122 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2022
From: XEROX CORPORATION
To: CITIBANK, N.A., AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 062740/0214 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 1, 2022
From: EBNER, FRITZ FRANCIS; PUCCINI, MATTHEW LEIGH; BORDEN, AARON ZACHARY; LEVESQUE, MATTHEW DAVID
To: XEROX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058851/0434 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16660879 · Oct 23, 2019
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