Multi-Factor Location Verification
AssigneeFacebook, Inc.
InventorsErick Tseng, Yoon Kean Wong, Yael Maguire, Michael John McKenzie Toksvig
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes accessing at least two determinations of the location of a mobile computing device, with each determined location having been determined without reference to explicit location information manually input by a user of the mobile computing device. At least one first determined location is compared with at least one second determined location, with comparisons being made between location determinations made based on different location determination input. A functionality associated with the mobile computing device is allowed if the first determined location corresponds to at least one of the second determined locations.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- by one or more computing devices, accessing a plurality of determinations of the location of a user of a mobile computing device, each determined location having been determined without reference to explicit location information manually input by a user of the mobile computing device,
- by one or more computing devices, comparing a first determined location with at least one second determined location, the first determined location having been determined based on first location determination input, each of the second determined locations having been determined without reference to the first location determination input;
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- by one or more computing devices, allowing a functionality associated with the mobile computing device or the user of the mobile computing device when the first determined location corresponds to one or more of the second determined locations.
A method comprising:
- by one or more computing devices, accessing a plurality of determinations of the location of a user of a mobile computing device, each determined location having been determined without reference to explicit location information manually input by a user of the mobile computing device,
- by one or more computing devices, comparing a first determined location with at least one second determined location, the first determined location having been determined based on first location determination input, each of the second determined locations having been determined without reference to the first location determination input;
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- by one or more computing devices, preventing a functionality associated with the mobile computing device or a user of the mobile computing device when the first determined location does not correspond to one or more of the second determined locations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.