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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:
Aug. 17, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 04, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Rhonda L. Childress, Austin, TX (US);

Itzhack Goldberg, Hadera, IL;

Boaz Mizrachi, Haifa, IL;

Clifford A. Pickover, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Neil Sondhi, Budapest, HU;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/06 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); H04L 63/0853 (2013.01); G06F 21/316 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Approaches presented herein enable challenge-response authentication of a user based on information captured by devices associated with the user. Specifically, in one approach, a plurality of devices associated with the user that each dynamically track and store on-device data points over a period of time are identified. A request initiated by a party claiming to be the user is received to authenticate the party as the user. An authentication question is generated in a natural language, the answer to which is a data point selected from data points on at least one device of the plurality, wherein the selected data point is discoverable by viewing data points on the at least one device. The requesting party is prompted to find the data point by presenting the authentication question to the requesting party. In the case that the requesting party returns the answer, the requesting party is authenticated as the user.


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