Movement-based event detection in a mobile device
AssigneeAvago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
InventorsShlomo MARKEL, Jacob MENDEL
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for enhancing security by providing additional authentication factors. Prior to authentication, a user may enroll a device from which access to a service or application is authorized. During authentication, the authentication system may retrieve the location of the enrolled device and generate one or more questions that only a user in that location can answer. The user may additionally or alternatively enroll a movement signature with an authentication server as an authentication factor. The user may set a pattern for device movement. During authentication, the user moves the device in the pattern. The device then transmits the movement signature for authentication.
Claims20
An authentication server, comprising:
- a transceiver configured to receive an authentication request associated with a user device;
- a geographic information database that stores location-specific information;
- and
- one or more processors and/or circuits configured to:
- determine a location of the user device based on information included in the authentication request;
- access the geographic information database;
- retrieve location-specific information corresponding to the location of the user device from the geographic information database;
- generate a location-specific question based on the retrieved location-specific information;
- and
- transmit, via the transceiver, the location-specific question to the user device.
A user device, comprising:
- a transceiver;
- and
- one or more processors and/or circuits configured to:
- transmit, via the transceiver, an authentication request to an authentication server, the authentication request including location information of the user device;
- receive, via the transceiver, a response signal from the authentication server that includes a location-specific question corresponding to the location information;
- receive, via a user input device, an answer to the location-specific question;
- and
- transmit, via the transceiver, the answer to the authentication server.
A method for providing authentication a user of a user device, the method comprising:
- receiving an authentication request associated with a user device;
- determining a location of the user device based on information included in the authentication request;
- retrieving location-specific information corresponding to the location of the user device from a geographic information database;
- generating a location-specific question based on the retrieved location-specific information;
- and
- transmit the location-specific question to the user device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.