Systems and methods for multi-device multi-factor authentication

An improved method for security authentication comprising:

• receiving, via a server system, authentication preferences comprising at least one of preferred authorization providers, preferred authorization provider mode of communication, response timing preferences, and a preferred prioritization scheme for authorization providers, the server system comprising a non-transitory memory including computer program code and a processor;
• generating, via the server system, a pre-configured authentication preference scheme based on the received authentication preferences, wherein a preferred authorization provider from among the preferred authorization providers is included in the pre-configured authentication preference scheme after the elapse of an initiation time period and the preferred authorization provider is prohibited from the pre-configured authentication preference scheme during the initiation time period;
• storing, in a database communicatively coupled to the server system, the generated pre-configured authentication preference scheme;
• receiving, via the server system, a request for security authentication from an initiating computing device, wherein the request for security authentication is received after the generated pre-configured authentication preference scheme is stored;
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• initiating, based on the received request for security authentication a security authentication process, wherein the security authentication process comprises transmitting authentication information to an authorization providing computing device from among the plurality of computer devices sequentially in accordance with the pre-configured authentication preference scheme, the security authentication process comprising the steps of:
• determining, via the server system, an authorization providing computing device from among a plurality of computing devices based on the pre-configured authentication preference scheme, wherein a user of the initiating computing device is distinct from a user of the authorization providing computing device;
• generating and transmitting, via the server system, authentication information to the determined authorization providing computing device in accordance with the preferred authorization provider mode of communication;
• receiving, via the server system, an authentication input;
• determining, via the server system, whether the received authentication input matches the transmitted authentication information;
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• completing, via the server system, the request for security authentication when the received authentication input matches the generated and transmitted authentication information.

An improved method for security authentication comprising:

• generating, via a server system, a pre-configured authentication preference scheme based on authentication preferences comprising at least one of preferred authorization providers, preferred authorization provider mode of communication, response timing preferences, and a preferred prioritization scheme for authorization providers, wherein a preferred authorization provider from among the preferred authorization providers is included in the pre-configured authentication preference scheme after the elapse of an initiation time period, and the preferred authorization provider is prohibited from the pre-configured authentication preference scheme during the initiation time period, the server system comprising a non-transitory memory including computer program code and a processor;
• storing, in a database communicatively coupled to the server system, the generated pre-configured authentication preference scheme;
• receiving, via the server system, a request for security authentication from an initiating computing device, wherein the request for security authentication is received after the generated pre-configured authentication preference scheme is stored;
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• initiating, based on the received request for security authentication a security authentication process, wherein the security authentication process comprises transmitting authentication information to an authorization providing computing device from among the plurality of computer devices sequentially in accordance with the pre-configured authentication preference scheme, the security authentication process comprising the steps of:
• determining, via the server system, an authorization providing computing device distinct from the initiating computing device based on the pre-configured authentication preference scheme, wherein the authorization providing computing device and the initiating computing device are operated by distinct users;
• generating and transmitting, via the server system, authentication information to the determined authorization providing computing device in accordance with the preferred authorization provider mode of communication;
• receiving, via the server system, an approval from the determined authorization providing computing device;
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• completing, via the server system, the request for security authentication when an approval is received.