US 12,598,180 B2 · Paired device multi-factor authentication using bluetooth

Abstract

Techniques for determining whether to send an MFA push notification are described. An indication of a request for a user account to access the application service via a primary device is received at an MFA service from an application service. Using a PAN protocol, determine whether the primary device and the secondary device are within a threshold proximity. When the primary device and the secondary device are within the threshold proximity, allows a push notification to be transmitted to the secondary device requesting authentication to grant access to the user account by the primary device, and when the primary device and the secondary device are not within the threshold, refrain from transmitting the push notification.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

receiving, by a Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) service and from an application service, an indication of a request for a user account to access the application service via a primary device, the request including login credentials associated with the user account;
determining, using a personal area networking (PAN) protocol, that the primary device and a secondary device are not within a threshold proximity to each other;
and
in response to determining that the primary device and the secondary device are not within the threshold proximity to each other, refraining from transmitting a push notification to the secondary device, wherein the push notification includes an authentication request generated by the MFA service requesting that the user account authenticate to gain access to the application service.

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One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by a Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) service and from an application service, an indication of a request for a user account to access the application service via a primary device, the request including login credentials associated with the user account;
determining, using a personal area networking (PAN) protocol, that the primary device and a secondary device are not within a threshold proximity to each other;
in response to determining that the primary device and the secondary device are not within the threshold proximity to each other, refraining from transmitting a push notification to the secondary device, wherein the push notification includes an authentication request generated by the MFA service requesting that the user account authenticate to gain access to the application service.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Paired device multi-factor authentication using bluetooth

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Abstract

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