Patent ID: 8392971
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving, at a mobile computing device including one or more processors, an access request from a user, the access request indicating a request to access a private account associated with the user at a public computing device that is separate from the mobile computing device; initiating, at the mobile computing device, communication between the mobile computing device and the public computing device in response to receiving the access request from the user; transmitting, from the mobile computing device, authentication information to the public computing device, the authentication information indicating access privileges to the private account associated with the user; receiving, at the mobile computing device, an access inquiry from the public computing device in response to transmitting said authentication information from the mobile computing device, the access inquiry indicating an inquiry as to whether the user wishes to login to the private account at the public computing device; receiving, at the mobile computing device, an access response from the user at the mobile computing device, the access response indicating whether the user wishes to login to the private account at the public computing device; and transmitting, from the mobile computing device, the access response to the public computing device, the access response selectively causing the public computing device to provide the user with access to the private account.