System, method and computer program product for location verification
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsSaritha Arunkumar, Kuntal Dey, Nizar Lethif, Enara C. Vijil
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A computer-implemented information verification method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium, include acquiring a first measurement from a user device specific to a user device location, acquiring a second measurement from a second device specific to a second device location, comparing the first measurement with the second measurement, and verifying the user device is within a proximity of the second device to grant access for the user device to the second device, based on a result of the comparing.
Claims20
A computer-implemented information verification method, the method comprising:
- acquiring a first measurement from a user device specific to a user device location;
- acquiring a second measurement from a second device specific to a second device location;
- wherein the second device comprises a trusted device with access to a service available at the second device location and the user device is without access to the service at the second device location,
- comparing the first measurement with the second measurement;
- and
- verifying the user device is within a proximity of the second device to grant access for the user device to the service available at the second location with the second device, based on a result of the comparing,
- wherein a trusted user operating the trusted device attests to the user device location of the user device so that the user of the user device accesses the service available only to users in the second device location of the trusted user independently of activities on the second device.
A computer program product for location verification, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform:
- acquiring a first measurement from a user device specific to a user device location;
- acquiring a second measurement from a second device specific to a second device location;
- wherein the second device comprises a trusted device with access to a service available at the second device location and the user device is without access to the service at the second device location,
- comparing the first measurement with the second measurement;
- and
- verifying the user device is within a proximity of the second device to grant access for the user device to the service available at the second location with the second device, based on a result of the comparing,
- wherein a trusted user operating the trusted device attests to the user device location of the user device so that the user of the user device accesses the service available only to users in the second device location of the trusted user independently of activities on the second device.
A location verification system, the system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory, the memory storing instructions to cause the processor to perform:
- acquiring a first measurement from a user device specific to a user device location;
- acquiring a second measurement from a second device specific to a second device location;
- wherein the second device comprises a trusted device with access to a service available at the second device location and the user device is without access to the service at the second device location,
- comparing the first measurement with the second measurement;
- and
- verifying the user device is within a proximity of the second device to grant access for the user device to the service available at the second location with the second device, based on a result of the comparing,
- wherein a trusted user operating the trusted device attests to the user device location of the user device so that the user of the user device accesses the service available only to users in the second device location of the trusted user independently of activities on the second device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.