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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:
Apr. 14, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 29, 2017
Applicant:

Acronis International Gmbh, Schaffhausen, CH;

Inventors:

Georgiy Pashkov, Samara, RU;

Kirill Davydov, Novovoronezh, RU;

Serguei M. Beloussov, Costa del Sol, SG;

Stanislav Protasov, Moscow, RU;

Mark Shmulevich, Moscow, RU;

Assignee:

Acronis International GmbH, Schaffhausen, CH;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); H04W 12/12 (2009.01); H04W 12/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 12/10 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/10 (2013.01); H04L 63/083 (2013.01); H04L 63/107 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 12/00503 (2019.01);
Abstract

A system and method is provided for geo-location-based user authentication and data access control. An exemplary method includes receiving a request from a mobile device to access a user account and user data where the request includes current geo-location data that indicates a current geographical location of the mobile device/ An authentication server then determines whether the current geo-location data is within at least one geo zone that indicates approved geographical areas where the mobile device can access the user account and data. If the current geographical location of the mobile device is determined to be within the approved geographical areas, the server will provide the mobile device with access to the requested account and data.


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