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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 09, 2016
Applicant:

Wells Fargo Bank, N.a., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Wayne Barakat, Novato, CA (US);

Sotirios K. Barkas, San Jose, CA (US);

Michael Chang, Millbrae, CA (US);

Laura Marie Fontana, San Francisco, CA (US);

Julio Jiron, San Bruno, CA (US);

Beth S. Moss, Danville, CA (US);

Traci Nguyen, San Francisco, CA (US);

Paul Vittimberga, Oakland, CA (US);

Assignee:

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/083 (2013.01); H04L 63/0815 (2013.01); H04L 63/0861 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to authenticating a user at an electronic computing device. Information is received from a defined zone of an environment surrounding the user. A level of authentication is calculated for the user based on the information from the defined zone of the environment. When the level of authentication is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold, the user is authenticated at the electronic computing device to perform a requested activity.


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