Apple had 18 patents in cloud during Q4 2023. Apple Inc filed patents in Q4 2023 for techniques enabling accessory-assisted account recovery, secure communication between electronic devices for user verification, maintaining key transparency server consistency, and generating three-dimensional virtual representations of physical objects through image capture and user interfaces. GlobalData’s report on Apple gives a 360-degreee view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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Apple grant share with cloud as a theme is 33% in Q4 2023. Grant share is based on the ratio of number of grants to total number of patents.
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Application: Accessory assisted account recovery (Patent ID: US20230412373A1)
The patent filed by Apple Inc. describes a system for accessory-assisted account recovery, allowing users to bypass one-time keys or account recovery codes. The system involves splitting an account recovery key into multiple portions, encrypting at least one portion, and using an accessory device with secure cryptographic capabilities to decrypt the encrypted portion. The encrypted portion of the account recovery key is then provided to a server associated with the user account for recovery purposes.
The electronic device described in the patent includes an application processor that executes instructions to handle the encryption and decryption process. The accessory device associated with the electronic device provides an encryption key, which is used to derive cryptographic material for encrypting the account recovery key. The system ensures authenticity of the accessory device and enables secure storage and transmission of the encrypted account recovery key for use in recovering credentials associated with the user account. Additionally, the system involves splitting the account recovery key into multiple portions, encrypting a specific portion, and providing it to the server via an encrypted cloud storage container for secure account recovery.
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