Authentication techniques utilizing a computing device

US9021565B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Brian M. Novack · Chesterfield, US
• Robert J. Andres · Atlanta, US
• Jerry Birkes · Santa Clarita, US
• James Whitescarver · Brooksville, US
• Alton W. Drake, II · Atlantic Highlands, US
• Gary A. Toretti · Flower Mound, US
• Ilija Zeljkovic · Scotch Plains, US
• Jay Wilpon · Hackettstown, US
• Juan A. Garay · Guttenberg, US
• Amanda Stent · Chatham, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 13, 2011
• Grant date: Apr 28, 2015
• Expiry date: Nov 30, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F3/167
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A pre-registration procedure is utilized to create a user profile for a user of a multi-factor authentication (“MFA”) service. A client application installation procedure is utilized to install a client application on a computing device that is to be utilized as an authentication factor for the MFA service. A computing device enrollment procedure is utilized to enroll the computing device on which the client application was installed for the MFA service. A voice enrollment procedure is utilized to create a voice print for the user of the computing device that is to be utilized as an authentication factor for the MFA service. An authentication procedure is utilized to provide multi-factor authenticated access to a service, such as an online service that provides access to sensitive account information.