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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2017
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ilya Sokolov, Boston, MA (US);
Keith Newstadt, Newton, MA (US);
NortonLifeLock, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Abstract
The disclosed computer-implemented method for validating a user's physical location may include (i) identifying a plurality of sensor-equipped devices that are connected to a local network, wherein the local network is associated with a physical location, (ii) receiving a request to validate that a user is present at the physical location that is associated with the local network, (iii) instructing, in response to receiving the request, the user to interact with at least one sensor-equipped device in the plurality of sensor-equipped devices, (iv) confirming, based on observing a response of the sensor-equipped device, that the user has interacted with the at least one sensor-equipped device, and (v) validating, in response to confirming that the user has interacted with the at least one sensor-equipped device, that the user is present at the physical location. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.