Huawei's new patent unlocks mobile phones/computers across devices

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. announced a patent for an " electronic device unlocking method and related equipment ".

The patent application shows that in distributed scenarios, there are more and more scenarios of collaborative applications between devices, and hardware mutual assistance and file sharing between devices are becoming more and more frequent. For security reasons, when device A (such as a computer) and device B (such as a mobile phone) perform multi-screen collaboration, once device B enters the lock screen state, the user needs to unlock device B. At present, this unlocking method is inefficient and inconvenient for users to operate.

The patent abstract shows that the present application provides an electronic device unlocking method and related equipment, which are applied to the first electronic device. The present application can unlock the first electronic device on the second electronic device to ensure the safety and convenience of unlocking.

The method includes:
  • receiving operation information sent by the second electronic device;
  • When it is determined according to the operation information that the unlocking object of the first electronic device is to be unlocked, the first information is sent to the second electronic device, and the first information is used by the second electronic device to collect authentication information required for unlocking the unlocking object;
  • Obtain authentication information from the second electronic device for user authentication;
  • When the user authentication is passed, the unlocking object of the first electronic device is unlocked.


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