US Patent Issued to Apple on Aug. 26 for "Electronic devices having adaptive security profiles and methods for selecting the same" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,659, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Electronic devices having adaptive security profiles and methods for selecting the same" was invented by Michael I. Ingrassia Jr. (San Jose, Calif.) and Jeffery T. Lee (Los Gatos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Adaptive security profiles are supported on an electronic device. One or more security profiles may be automatically or selectively applied to the device based on the device's location and one or more geographic zone definitions. The security profiles may be used to determine the level of authentication or number of invalid authentication attempts ...