Method and apparatus for performing user authentication
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsArihant JAIN, Ajay SHARMA, Rahul YADAV, Kaushalendra MISHRA
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Abstract
A method of authenticating a user includes obtaining a user authentication request for access to at least one application executed on an electronic device, identifying an actor and a task for authentication based on one or more context parameters associated with at least one of the electronic device or a user, providing a live challenge generated based on the identification, and identifying whether to access the at least one application based on whether the provided live challenge has been successfully performed.
Claims20
A method of authenticating a user, the method comprising:
- obtaining a user authentication request for access to at least one application executed on an electronic device;
- identifying an actor and a task based on one or more context parameters associated with at least one of the electronic device or a user;
- generating a live challenge for authentication based on the identified actor and task;
- providing the generated live challenge to the user or the electronic device;
- and
- identifying whether to grant access to the at least one application based on whether the provided live challenge has been successfully performed.
An electronic device for performing user authentication, the electronic device comprising:
- an inputter/outputter;
- a memory storing instructions;
- and
- at least one processor connected to the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the instructions to:
- obtain a user authentication request for access to at least one application executed on an electronic device via the inputter/outputter;
- identify an actor and a task based on one or more context parameters associated with at least one of the electronic device or a user;
- generate a live challenge for authentication based on the identified actor and task;
- provide the generated live challenge to the user of the electronic device;
- and
- identify whether to grant access to the at least one application based on whether the provided live challenge has been successfully performed.
A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having a computer readable program stored therein, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computing device, causes the computing device to:
- obtain a user authentication request for access to at least one application executed on an electronic device;
- identify an actor and a task based on one or more context parameters associated with at least one of the electronic device or a user;
- generate a live challenge for authentication based on the identified actor and task;
- provide the generated live challenge to the user or the electronic device;
- and
- identify whether to grant access to the at least one application based on whether the provided live challenge has been performed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.