Patent ID: 9065824
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a computing system, an authentication request from a limited modality client device, where the limited modality client device exhibits limited input or output capabilities, where the authentication request identifies an account accessible to the computing system and is transmitted in response to the limited modality client device attempting to access data associated with the account, where the authentication request includes a user identifier associated with the account, and where the user identifier is associated with a first application executing on the limited modality client device, where the authentication request is originated from a second application executing on the limited modality client device, and where the second application is not authorized to access the data associated with the account; based on the limited modality client device exhibiting limited input or output capabilities, identifying, by the computing system, a rich-modality client device associated with the account, where the rich-modality client device exhibits input or output capabilities that are greater than those of the limited modality client device, and where the rich-modality client device is authorized to access the data associated with the account; transmitting, by the computing system, an authentication query to the rich modality client device, where the authentication query requests authorization for the limited modality client device to access the data associated with the account; receiving, by the computing system, an authentication response from the rich modality client device, where the authentication response authorizes the limited modality client device to access the data associated with the account; and based on the authentication response from the rich modality client device, transmitting, by the computing system, at least some of the data associated with the account to the limited modality client device.