This is a feature that one might have thought was already on the books with the US Patent and Trademark Office, but as it happens, BlackBerry has added a new patent to its portfolio.The concept in broad terms is not necessarily new, a wearable device that whose proximity would bypass a lock code on a smartphone. In fact, the idea was brought up and presented during Google I/O as a feature that might be implemented via Android Wear.
The difference for BlackBerry is that this patent surrounds a stand-alone device with a physical clip that must be closed to allow the wearable to function. ...
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