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User authentication

US9560027B1 · kind B1 · utility

3Cited by

6References

12Claims

0Family size

Assignee

EMC IP Holding Company LLC · US

Inventors

Eyal Kolman · Nes Ziona, IL
Alon Kaufman · Herut, IL
Yael Villa · Nes Ziona, IL
Alex Vaystikh · Hod HaSharon, IL
Ereli Eran · London, GB
Liron Liptz · Even Yehuda, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 28, 2013
Grant date	Jan 31, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 28, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W12/67
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is disclosed some techniques for processing an authentication request. In one example, a method comprises the step of determining the velocity between authentication requests of a user associated with the requests. Additionally, the method determines the likelihood that a location associated with one of the requests is associated with the user location. Furthermore, the method generates an authentication result based on the likelihood that a location associated with one of the requests is associated with the user location.

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