Mobile network-based multi-factor authentication
AssigneeZumigo, Inc.
InventorsDavid Aaron PINSKI, Partha CHOWDHURY
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Abstract
Verification of a user login to a secure account from a mobile device occurs when the user provides login credentials and a hardware identifier (ID) corresponding to the mobile device. The provided login credentials and hardware ID are then verified against a registry. Further, the mobile device determines and provides a geographic location of the mobile device using a global positioning system (GPS) component installed therein. The location provided by the mobile devices is then matched with a location of a network element with which the mobile device is currently communicating.
Claims20
A method of authenticating a user logging into a secure account using a mobile device, comprising the steps of:
- verifying login credentials of the user;
- verifying a hardware ID of the mobile device;
- and
- verifying that a location of the mobile device determined using a global positioning system (GPS) component installed in the mobile device matches a location of a network element with which the mobile device is currently communicating.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores instructions, where the instructions, when executed, cause one or more computing devices to perform a method of authenticating a user logging into a secure account using a mobile device, the method comprising the steps of:
- verifying login credentials of the user;
- verifying a hardware ID of the mobile device;
- and
- verifying that a location of the mobile device determined using a global positioning system (GPS) component installed in the mobile device matches a location of a network element with which the mobile device is currently communicating.
A system comprising:
- a mobile device;
- an application server;
- a device identification server;
- and
- a network over which the mobile device, the application server, and the device identification server communicate, wherein the mobile device, application server, and device identification server are programmed to carry out a method of authenticating a user logging into a secure account using a mobile device, the method comprising the steps of:
- verifying login credentials of the user;
- verifying a hardware ID of the mobile device;
- and
- verifying that a location of the mobile device determined using a global positioning system (GPS) component installed in the mobile device matches a location of a network element with which the mobile device is currently communicating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.