Patent ID: 8976965
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a processor of a wearable computing device, an indication that the wearable computing device is being worn by a user; changing, by the processor of the wearable computing device, based at least in part on the indication that the wearable computing device is being worn and on an indication that a distance between the wearable computing device and a mobile computing device is less than a threshold distance, an access mode of a computing environment of the wearable computing device from a reduced access security mode to an increased access security mode in which the user is permitted access to a larger set of functionality provided by the wearable computing device than when in the reduced access security mode; and responsive to at least the indication that the wearable computing device is being worn and the indication that a distance is less than the threshold distance, transmitting, by the wearable computing device, to the mobile computing device, a signal configured to cause the mobile computing device to change an access mode of a computing environment of the mobile computing device from a reduced access security mode to an increased access security mode in which the user is permitted access to a larger set of functionality provided by the mobile computing device than when in the reduced access security mode.