NetflixPatent applicationSecurity & privacyInterest 6/10

Netflix patents auto-login using device location and ID

Patent drawing from the official filing.

Netflix describes a system that checks if a device is already linked to an account and if it is in the user's usual location. If both checks pass, the system skips the need for a password or other login details to let the user in.

Why it mattersThis could make logging into streaming services faster by removing the need to type passwords on trusted devices.

In the filing’s own words

The disclosed computer-implemented method may include detecting, by a computing device, a login attempt from a client device to an online service. The method may include determining, based on a unique identifier of the client device, that the client device is associated with the online service. Additionally, the method may include determining that an attribute of the client device is associated with a primary location of a user account of the online service. The method may also include performing a security action for the login attempt based on the association with the user account. Furthermore, the method may include eliminating a requirement of one or more user credentials of the user account for the login attempt based on the security action. Finally, the method may include completing the login attempt to the online service for the client device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A computer-implemented method comprising: detecting, by a computing device, a login attempt from a client device to an online service; determining, based on a unique identifier of the client device, that the client device is associated with the online service; determining, by the computing device, that an attribute of the client device is associated with a primary location of a user account of the online service; performing, by the computing device, a security action for the login attempt based on the association with the user account; eliminating, by the computing device, a requirement of at least one user credential of the user account for the login attempt based on the security action; and completing, by the computing device, the login attempt to the user account of the online service for the client device.

Facts

Company: Netflix (Netflix, Inc.)
Official title: SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED LOGIN
Publication number: US20260300453A1
Application number: 19091497
Filed: Mar 26, 2025
Published: Oct 1, 2026
Inventors: 9
Claims: 20

Classified under

G06F 21/31 Physics & computingG06F 2221/2111 Physics & computing

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