Text message authentication system
AssigneeTextpower, Inc.
InventorsRobert Foster, Scott Goldman, Mark Nielsen
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Abstract
Systems and method for authenticating users are presented. A system can send a passkey to a user interface of a known device. A user can then send a messaging service message with the passkey from a second device to the system. After receiving the message from the user, the system can extract the passkey from the message, and compare the received passkey against the passkey originally sent to the user. The known device and the second device can each have separate and unique device identifiers.
Claims26
A method of using a service and an authenticating device to authenticate a user operating an initiating device, wherein the initiating device is different from the authenticating device, comprising the following steps of authenticating in sequence operated by the service:
- the service accomplishing a first authentication with the initiating device, wherein the user enters separately a user identification and a first passkey and both of which the initiating device submits to the service;
- the service, upon a successful first authentication, accomplishing a second authentication by sending a second passkey, which is different from the first passkey, to the initiating device, and receiving the second passkey from the authenticating device via a messaging service message;
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- the service accomplishing a third authentication by extracting and authenticating from the received service message a unique device identifier of the authenticating device to complete the user authentication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.