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Protection from unfamiliar login locations

US9177125B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8References

32Claims

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Assignee

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

David Steeves · Seattle, US
Luke Abrams · Seattle, US
Hersh Dangayach · White Plains, US
Eric Fleischman · Redmond, US
Prabu Raju · Kirkland, US
Krishna Vitaldevara · Fremont, US
Niyantha Shekar · Bellevue, US
Payoj Baral · Redmond, US
Meenakshi Ramaswamy · Bellevue, US
Winfred Wong · Redmond, US
Yordan Rouskov · Kirkland, US
Ramesh Manne · Redmond, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 6, 2011
Grant date	Nov 3, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 19, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2101/69
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, a user authentication server may use geo-location tracking to determine whether to present an enhanced identity challenge. A communication interface 180 may receive a user login attempt by a user and a current location of the user login attempt. A data storage 150 may store a user location profile of the user. A processor 120 may execute a comparison of the current location to the user location profile. The communication interface 180 may present the user with an enhanced identity challenge before allowing user access based on the comparison.

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