System to utilize user's activities pattern as additional authentication parameter

A user equipment (UE) device, comprising:

• a memory for storing instructions;
• and
• one or more processors, communicatively coupled to the memory, configured to execute the instructions, the instructions causing the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
• retrieving a location history of a user based on past locations of a user equipment (UE) device at various times and traffic data associated with the location history;
• receiving, at the UE device, a request to access a protected application;
• determining a present location of the UE device at a time associated with the request;
• generating a locational pattern based on both the location history of the user and the traffic data;
• comparing, at the UE device, the present location of the UE device with the generated locational pattern and a corresponding time data associated with the request to access the protected application;
• and
• determining, at the UE device, a level of authentication necessary to grant access to the protected application is satisfied based on both the comparing and a determination that the present location falls within a locational range generated based on the traffic data.

A non-transitory, tangible computer-readable device having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one computing device, cause the at least one computing device to perform operations comprising:

• retrieving a location history of a user based on past locations of a user equipment (UE) device at various times and traffic data associated with the location history;
• receiving, at the UE device, a request to access a protected application;
• determining a present location of the UE device at a time associated with the request;
• generating a locational pattern based on both the location history of the user and the traffic data;
• comparing, at the UE device, the present location of the UE device with the generated locational pattern and a corresponding time data associated with the request to access the protected application;
• and
• determining, at the UE device, a level of authentication necessary to grant access to the protected application is satisfied based on both the comparing and a determination that the present location falls within a locational range generated based on the traffic data.