Patent ID: 9635551
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for controlling access to a function performed by a wireless device, comprising: receiving, by the wireless device, an authentication; detecting, by the wireless device, an accessory device coupled to the wireless device; operating, at the wireless device and in response to detection of the accessory device, in an enhanced security mode in which a user of the wireless device is not required to provide the authentication to obtain access to the function performed by the wireless device while the wireless device is operating in the enhanced security mode; and permitting performance of the function by the wireless device while the accessory device is detected and while the wireless device is operating in the enhanced security mode, wherein the operating in the enhanced security mode comprises extending an amount of time of access to the function so that the amount of time of access permitted in the enhanced security mode is greater than an amount of time of access permitted while the wireless device is in a mode different from the enhanced security mode.