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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2015
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Natasha P. Lishok, Cary, NC (US);
Michael S. Thomason, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/4014 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3224 (2013.01);
Abstract
Authenticating users based on answers to challenge questions relating to a 'tracked user's' location history (that is, places the tracked user is known to have been). The 'questioned user' may or may not be the same as the 'tracked user.' Some embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to generating questions to questioned users based on answers to challenge questions about aspects (for example, value and/or venue) of a desired transaction for which authentication is requested.