US 2019/0158507 A1Published application

System for providing layered security

AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

InventorsSteven Belz, James H. Pratt, Marc A. Sullivan

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Abstract

A system for providing layered security is disclosed. In particular, the system may include determining a state of a first device of a device ecosystem and a state of a second device of the device ecosystem. Based on the states of the first and second devices, the system may include calculating a confidence score for the device ecosystem. If the confidence score satisfies a threshold score for enabling access to a selected system, the system may include transmitting an access code to the device ecosystem. Based on the access code, the system may enable the device ecosystem to access the selected system. If, however, the confidence score does not satisfy the threshold score, the system may include requiring the device ecosystem to provide additional authentication information in order to access the selected system.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A first system, comprising:

a memory that stores instructions;
a processor that executes the instructions to perform operations, the operations comprising:
enabling a device ecosystem to access a first portion of a second system based on a confidence score of the device ecosystem satisfying a first threshold for a specific level of access for accessing the first portion of the second system;
determining if the confidence score satisfies a second threshold for accessing a second portion of the second system, wherein the second threshold is different from the first threshold;
preventing the device ecosystem from accessing the second portion of the second system if the confidence score does not satisfy the second threshold;
providing the device ecosystem with access to the second portion of the second system if the confidence score does satisfy the second threshold;
adjusting a validation requirement for accessing the second portion of the second system in response to a different device ecosystem attempting to access the second system, wherein the validation requirement is adjusted based on types of devices in the different device ecosystem;
determining, if the confidence score does not meet the first threshold, if a third device is in proximity with a first device and a second device of the device ecosystem;
and
adjusting the confidence score if the third device is in proximity with the first device and the second device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/260,344Filed 29 Jan 2019
Priority: 16 Dec 2015
Published: 23 May 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

H04L 63/105
For controlling access to devices or network resources: multiple levels of security
H04L 63/08
Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security: for authentication of entities
H04L 63/0853
For authentication of entities: using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal
H04W 12/06
Security arrangements; Authentication; Protecting privacy or anonymity: authentication

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