US 2018/0295128 A1Published application

Authentication Workflow Management

AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

InventorsAlton Drake, II, Brian M. Novack

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Abstract

According to one embodiment, an authentication tool includes a memory, an interface, and a processor. The memory stores a workflow to authenticate a user to access an application. The workflow includes a first control frame for a first authentication type and a second control frame for a second authentication type. The authentication types are different and include one of a device identification, a biometric identification, a personal identification number (PIN) identification, and a security question identification. The interface receives a request to access the application and receives a first input and a second input. The processor determines a first numerical score in response to the first input and a second numerical score in response to the second input. The processor allows the user to access the application upon a determination that the scores exceed a predetermined threshold.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An authentication tool, comprising:

a memory for storing a workflow to authenticate a user to access an application, wherein the workflow comprises a first control frame for a first authentication type and a second control frame for a second authentication type, the first and second authentication types being different and comprising one of a device identification, a biometric identification, a personal identification number (PIN) identification, and a security question identification;
an interface for receiving a request to access the application;
a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and the interface for initiating the workflow in response to the request to access the application;
the interface receives a first input of the first authentication type for the first control frame and a second input of the second authentication type for the second control frame;
and
the processor:
determines a first numerical score in response to the first input and a second numerical score in response to the second input, the first numerical score determined according to a risk level of the first input and the second numerical score determined according to a risk level of the second input;
determines an aggregate score using at least the first and second numerical scores;
and
allows access to the application upon a determination that the aggregate score exceeds a predetermined threshold.

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A method, comprising:

storing a workflow to authenticate a user to access an application, wherein the workflow comprises a first control frame for a first authentication type and a second control frame for a second authentication type, the first and second authentication types being different and comprising one of a device identification, a biometric identification, a personal identification number (PIN) identification, and a security question identification;
receiving a request to access the application;
initiating the workflow in response to the request to access the application;
receiving a first input of the first authentication type for the first control frame and a second input of the second authentication type for the second control frame;
determining a first numerical score in response to the first input and a second numerical score in response to the second input, the first numerical score determined according to a risk level of the first input and the second numerical score determined according to a risk level of the second input;
determining an aggregate score using at least the first and second numerical scores;
and
allowing access to the application upon a determination that the aggregate score exceeds a predetermined threshold.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising software, the software when executed by one or more processing units operable to:

store a workflow to authenticate a user to access an application, wherein the workflow comprises a first control frame for a first authentication type and a second control frame for a second authentication type, the first and second authentication types being different and comprising one of a device identification, a biometric identification, a personal identification number (PIN) identification, and a security question identification;
receive a request to access the application;
initiate the workflow in response to the request to access the application;
receive a first input of the first authentication type for the first control frame and a second input of the second authentication type for the second control frame;
determine a first numerical score in response to the first input and a second numerical score in response to the second input, the first numerical score determined according to a risk level of the first input and the second numerical score determined according to a risk level of the second input;
determine an aggregate score using at least the first and second numerical scores;
and
allow access to the application upon a determination that the aggregate score exceeds a predetermined threshold.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/483,333Filed 10 Apr 2017
Published: 11 Oct 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

H04L 63/0861
For authentication of entities: using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan
G06V 40/70
Recognition of biometric, human-related or animal-related patterns in image or video data: multimodal biometrics, e.g. combining information from…
H04L 63/083
For authentication of entities: using passwords
H04L 63/105
For controlling access to devices or network resources: multiple levels of security