Patent ID: 9524385
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a processor configured to monitor an audio channel for an authentication signal from a host device, wherein the authentication signal is an analog signal received from the host device over the audio channel to the processor when authenticating the apparatus; and an authentication module configured to generate an authentication response after the authentication signal is detected by the processor, wherein the processor is configured to provide the authentication response as an audio signal on the audio channel to control a speaker to transmit the authentication response as sound waves to the host device wherein the processor is configured to, upon detecting the authentication signal on the audio channel, divert the authentication signal from being provided to the speaker via the audio channel to providing the authentication signal to the authentication module, wherein the processor is configured to divert the authentication signal to initiate an authentication process between the apparatus and the host device and to prevent the authentication signal from being provided to the speaker.