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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2018
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
David Steeves, Seattle, WA (US);
Luke Abrams, Seattle, WA (US);
Hersh Dangayach, White Plains, NY (US);
Eric Fleischman, Redmond, WA (US);
Prabu Raju, Issaquah, WA (US);
Krishna Vitaldevara, Fremont, CA (US);
Niyantha Shekar, Bellevue, WA (US);
Payoj Baral, Redmond, WA (US);
Meenakshi Ramaswamy, Bellevue, WA (US);
Winfred Wong, Redmond, WA (US);
Yordan Rouskov, Kirkland, WA (US);
Ramesh Manne, Redmond, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a user authentication server may use geo-location tracking to determine whether to present an enhanced identity challenge. A communication interfacemay receive a user login attempt by a user and a current location of the user login attempt. A data storagemay store a user location profile of the user. A processormay execute a comparison of the current location to the user location profile. The communication interfacemay present the user with an enhanced identity challenge before allowing user access based on the comparison.