# US 10,122,719 B1 · Wearable device-based user authentication > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,122,719 B1 - Document ID: US10122719B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 14/985,724 - Filed: 2015-12-31 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2015-12-31 - Assignees: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. - Applicants: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. - Inventors: Dominik Vltavsky; Miranda C. Hill; Gary Brewer; Markell J Dvorak - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10122719B1 ## CPC - H04L 63/08: {for authentication of entities (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32)} - H04L 63/083: {using passwords (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226)} - H04L 63/10: {for controlling access to devices or network resources} - H04W 12/06: Authentication - H04W 12/33: using wearable devices, e.g. using a smartwatch or smart-glasses - H04L 2463/082: applying multi-factor authentication - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Various systems and methods for authenticating a user are described herein. A system comprises a processor subsystem; and a memory including instructions, which when executed by the processor subsystem, cause the processor subsystem to: receive at a server from a first user device, a first authentication token; receive at the server from a second user device, a second authentication token; authenticate the user based on the first and second authentication tokens; and establish a communication session from the server to the first user device when the user is authenticated. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for authenticating a user, the system comprising a processor subsystem; and a memory including instructions, which when executed by the processor subsystem, cause the processor subsystem to: receive at a server from a first user device, a first authentication token; receive at the server from a second user device, a second authentication token, the second authentication token being different than the first authentication token; authenticate, at the server, the user based on the first and second authentication tokens; and establish a communication session from the server to the first user device when the user is authenticated based on the received first and second authentication tokens, wherein the communication session comprises a phone call between the user and a customer service representative. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the first authentication token comprises a possession-factor token indicating that the user is in possession of the first user device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the first authentication token comprises a knowledge-factor token indicating that the user provided a correct knowledge-based authentication factor to the first user device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the first authentication token comprises an inherent-factor token indicating that the user provided a correct inherent-based authentication factor to the first user device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the second authentication token comprises a possession-factor token indicating that the user is in possession of the second user device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the second authentication token comprises a knowledge-factor token indicating that the user provided a correct knowledge-based authentication factor to the second user device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the second authentication token comprises an inherent-factor token indicating that the user provided a correct inherent-based authentication factor to the first second device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the first and second user devices are paired. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions to receive the second authentication token comprise instructions to: receive the second authentication token via the first user device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the second user device comprises a wearable device. ### Claim 11 A method of authenticating a user, the method comprising: receiving at a server from a first user device, a first authentication token; receiving at the server from a second user device, a second authentication token, the second authentication token being different than the first authentication token; authenticating, at the server, the user based on the first and second authentication tokens; and establishing a communication session from the server to the first user device when the user is authenticated based on the received first and second authentication tokens, wherein the communication session comprises a phone call between the user and a customer service representative. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the first authentication token comprises a possession-factor token indicating that the user is in possession of the first user device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the first authentication token comprises a knowledge-factor token indicating that the user provided a correct knowledge-based authentication factor to the first user device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the first authentication token comprises an inherent-factor token indicating that the user provided a correct inherent-based authentication factor to the first user device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the second authentication token comprises a possession-factor token indicating that the user is in possession of the second user device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the second authentication token comprises a knowledge-factor token indicating that the user provided a correct knowledge-based authentication factor to the second user device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the second authentication token comprises an inherent-factor token indicating that the user provided a correct inherent-based authentication factor to the first second device. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the first and second user devices are paired. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein receiving the second authentication token comprises: receiving the second authentication token via the first user device. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the second user device comprises a wearable device. ### Claim 21 A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to: receive at the machine from a first user device, a first authentication token; receive at the machine from a second user device, a second authentication token, the second authentication token being different than the first authentication token; authenticate, at the server, the user based on the first and second authentication tokens; and establish a communication session from the machine to the first user device when the user is authenticated based on the received first and second authentication tokens, wherein the communication session comprises a phone call between the user and a customer service representative.