Patent ID: 9740844
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method performed by a relying device for authentication of a user, comprising: receiving, by at least one processing device of said relying device, authentication information from a wireless, wearable authentication (WWA) device of said user, wherein said authentication information indicates whether said user has substantially continuously worn said WWA since a prior session where an identity of said user has been established to said relying device while wearing said WWA; and authenticating, by at least one processing device of said relying device, said user based on an evaluation of said authentication information indicating whether said user has substantially continuously worn said WWA since said prior session where said identity of said user has been established to said relying device while wearing said WWA, wherein said authenticating comprises said relying device making an authentication determination and wherein said relying device is distinct from said WWA.