Smart authentication friction level adjusted based on circumstances
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsXuan WANG, Ananda Sarkar
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Abstract
Granting a validation period. A method includes receiving user input providing one or more authentication factors. The method further includes receiving information about one or more authentication scales. Based on the strength of the authentication factors received from the user and the information about the one or more authentication scales, the method further includes determining a validation period. The method further includes granting or revoking the validation period to the user.
Claims20
(canceled)
A computer system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a computer-readable hardware storage device having stored thereon instructions that are executable by the processor to configure the computer system to grant access to the computer system based on an adversity quotient, including instructions that are executable to configure the computer system to perform at least the following:
- receive an environmental sensor signal about a circumstance relating to a user device;
- compute an adversity quotient at least based on the environmental sensor signal;
- determine that the adversity quotient meets a first adversity quotient threshold;
- based at least on determining that the first adversity quotient threshold has been met, identify an authentication factor that is valid at the first adversity quotient threshold, the authentication factor being valid at the first adversity quotient threshold for authenticating the user device to the computer system but being invalid at a second adversity quotient threshold for authenticating the user device to the computer system;
- initiate a request for a user to provide the authentication factor;
- receive a user input providing the authentication factor;
- and
- based on receiving the authentication factor, grant the user device access to the computer system.
A method, implemented at a computer system that includes a processor, for granting access to a computer service based on an adversity quotient, the method comprising:
- receiving an environmental sensor signal about a circumstance relating to a user device;
- computing an adversity quotient at least based on the environmental sensor signal;
- determining that the adversity quotient meets a first adversity quotient threshold;
- based at least on determining that the first adversity quotient threshold has been met, identifying an authentication factor that is valid at the first adversity quotient threshold, the authentication factor being valid at the first adversity quotient threshold for authenticating the user device to the computer service but being invalid at a second adversity quotient threshold for authenticating the user device to the computer service;
- initiating a request for a user to provide the authentication factor;
- receiving a user input providing the authentication factor;
- and
- based on receiving the authentication factor, granting the user device access to the computer service.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.