Geographical location authentication method

A computer system for authenticating a mobile device for electronic voting over the internet comprising

• a. a voter registration module accessed by a computer-implemented hardware server configured to store a geographical location of a voter's postal mail delivery address prior to an election, wherein the geographical location comprises longitude and latitude coordinates, in a database;
• b. an authentication module configured to (1) receive from a mobile device a vote by the voter in the election;
• (2) receive from a mobile device carrier cell tower triangulation data identifying the geographical location of the mobile device;
• (3) determine whether the geographical location of the mobile device is within a predetermined distance from the registered geographical location for the voter;
• and (4) if the geographical location of the mobile device is not within the predetermined distance from the registered postal address for the voter, to reject the internet vote.

A computer system for authenticating a mobile device for a transaction over the internet comprising

• a. a hardware server configured to register and store in a database geographical location longitude and latitude coordinates of an individual's postal mail delivery address;
• b. an authentication module configured to
• (1) receive from a mobile device a transaction;
• (2) receive, from a mobile device, carrier cell tower triangulation data identifying the current geographical location of the mobile device;
• (3) determine whether the current geographical location of the mobile device is within a predetermined distance from the registered geographical location of the individual's postal mail delivery address;
• and
• (4) reject the transaction if the geographical location of the mobile device is not within the predetermined distance from the registered postal address for the individual.