Patent ID: 9740849
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method for registering a first computing device to a user account using at least one user-selected fingerprintable second device externally accessible to the first computing device comprising: transmitting a registration information request to the first computing device; receiving at least one device fingerprint of the at least one user-selected fingerprintable second device accessible by the first computing device, and primary identification data of the first computing device; generating a skeleton key using the at least one device fingerprint of the at least one user-selected fingerprintable second computing device; recording the primary identification data; and associating the skeleton key and the primary identification data with the user account; wherein the receiving step further comprises receiving device fingerprints of a plurality of user-selected fingerprintable second computing devices accessible by the first computing device; and wherein the generating step includes generating the skeleton key based on an order in which the device fingerprints of the plurality of user-selected fingerprintable second computing devices accessible by the first computing device are received.