Social and proximity based access control for mobile applications

摘要

Methods and systems for proximity-based access control include determining whether a distance from a first mobile device to each of one or more safe mobile devices falls below a threshold distance; determining whether a number of safe mobile devices within the threshold distance exceeds a safe gathering threshold with a processor; and activating a safe gathering policy in accordance with the safe gathering threshold that decreases a security level in the first mobile device.

主权项

1. A method for proximity-based access control, comprising:
determining whether a distance from a first mobile device to each of one or more safe mobile devices falls below a threshold distance, wherein determining whether the distance between each of the safe mobile devices and the first mobile device falls below the threshold distance comprises receiving an identifier and a signal strength magnitude from each of the safe mobile devices; determining whether a number of safe mobile devices within the threshold distance exceeds a safe gathering threshold with a processor; activating a safe gathering policy in accordance with the safe gathering threshold that decreases a security level in the first mobile device; and periodically verifying that the number of safe mobile devices exceeds the safe gathering threshold and, if not, deactivating the safe gathering policy.