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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:
Sep. 29, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 25, 2018
Applicant:

Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);

Inventors:

Michael A. Gailloux, Overland Park, KS (US);

Lauren Ricardo St. Aubyn King, Somerset, NJ (US);

Kenneth W. Samson, Belton, MO (US);

Assignee:

Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/06 (2009.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04L 63/083 (2013.01); H04L 63/0861 (2013.01); H04L 63/0876 (2013.01); H04W 8/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of authenticating a mobile communication device subscriber. The method comprises receiving an authentication request from a third party, where the authentication request designates a level of authentication and comprises a telephone number of a mobile communication device to be authenticated, looking up identifying information based on the telephone number received in the authentication request, transmitting an authentication challenge to an authenticator client application on the mobile communication device associated with the looked up identifying information, where the authentication challenge is based on the level of authentication designated in the authentication request received from the third party, receiving a response to the authentication challenge from the authenticator client application, evaluating the response to the authentication challenge, and transmitting an authentication result based on the evaluation of the response to the authentication challenge to the third party that sent the authentication request.


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