US 12,120,510 B2 · Methods and systems for facilitating variable authentication of users on mobile devices

Abstract

Methods and systems are described herein for an improved mechanism for authenticating users. In particular, the methods and systems facilitate variable authentication of users on mobile devices based on current and historical physical movement of the mobile devices at geographic locations and during predetermined time intervals while maintaining user privacy. Specifically, methods and systems authenticate users by comparing current motion data to historical motion data to determine if a user must be re-authenticated. For example, current motion data may be inconsistent with historical motion data and may cause re-authentication of a user. As another example, current motion data may be consistent with historical motion data and may not require re-authentication of a user. Moreover, the methods and systems alleviate privacy concerns by not transmitting sensitive data over one or more wired or wireless networks.

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A mobile device for facilitating variable authentication of users based on current and historical physical movement of the mobile device at geographic locations and during predetermined time intervals while maintaining user privacy, the mobile device comprising:

memory configured to store a prediction model and historical user motion data;
control circuitry configured to:
retrieve current motion data corresponding to a user, the current motion data comprising current mobile device physical sensor data including current (i) accelerometer sensor data, (ii) gyroscope sensor data, (iii) photo sensor data, (iv) rotational vector sensor data, or (iv) geolocation sensor data;
retrieve historical motion data corresponding to the user, the historical motion data comprising historical mobile device physical sensor data including historical (i) accelerometer sensor data, (ii) gyroscope sensor data, (iii) photo sensor data, (iv) rotational vector sensor data, or (iv) geolocation sensor data;
determine a risk level based on inputting the current motion data corresponding to the user and the historical motion data corresponding to the user into the prediction model, wherein the risk level indicates a likelihood of a security threat corresponding to the user;
determine a current level of mobile device security;
determine, based on the risk level and the current level of mobile device security, an adjustment of mobile device security, wherein the adjustment of mobile device security is (i) increased based on the risk level being greater than the predetermined threshold value and (ii) decreased based on the risk level being less than the predetermined threshold value;
and
I/O circuitry configured to display a security prompt corresponding to the adjustment of mobile device security, wherein a user action causes authentication of the user.

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A method for facilitating for facilitating variable authentication of users on mobile devices based on current and historical physical movement of the mobile devices at geographic locations and during predetermined time intervals while maintaining user privacy, the method comprising:

determining a risk level based on inputting current motion data corresponding to a user and historical motion data corresponding to the user into a prediction model, wherein the current motion data indicates a change in position at a current location of the user relative to time, and wherein the risk level indicates a likelihood of a security threat corresponding to the user;
determining a current level of mobile device security;
determining, based on the risk level and the current level of mobile device security, an adjustment of mobile device security, wherein the adjustment of mobile device security is (i) increased based on the risk level exceeding a predetermined threshold value and (ii) decreased based on the risk level failing to exceed the predetermined threshold value;
and
authenticating the user based on a user action corresponding to the adjustment of the mobile device security.

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A non-transitory computer readable medium for facilitating variable authentication of users on mobile devices based on current and historical physical movement of the mobile devices at geographic locations and during predetermined time intervals while maintaining user privacy comprising instructions that, when implemented by one or more processors, cause operations comprising:

determining a risk level based on inputting current motion data corresponding to a user and historical motion data corresponding to the user into a prediction model, wherein the current motion data indicates a change in position at a current location of the user relative to time, and wherein the risk level indicates a likelihood of a security threat corresponding to the user;
determining a current level of mobile device security;
determining, based on the risk level and the current level of mobile device security, an adjustment of mobile device security, wherein the adjustment of mobile device security is (i) increased based on the risk level exceeding a predetermined threshold value and (ii) decreased based on the risk level failing to exceed the predetermined threshold value;
and
authenticating the user based on a user action corresponding to the adjustment of the mobile device security.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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