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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2019
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Stephen P. DiAcetis, Duvall, WA (US);
David Mahlon Hoover, Woodinville, WA (US);
Cristina del Amo Casado, Seattle, WA (US);
Lanny D. Natucci, Jr., Tacoma, WA (US);
Janet Lynn Schneider, Bellevue, WA (US);
Sanjib Saha, Sammamish, WA (US);
Fernando Gonzalez, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jonathan Matthew Kay, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques described herein provide multi-factor authentication based on positioning data. Generally described, configurations disclosed herein enable a system to authorize a particular action using positioning data, and possibly other data, associated with an identity. For example, when a user wishes to change a password or access a secured account, the system can authenticate a user if a device associated with the user is located in the secure area. The system can authenticate a user if a requested operation and/or a predetermined pattern of movement associated with the user is detected. For instance, the system allows the user to change the password when the user's computer has followed a predetermined pattern of movement, and when one or more verification procedures meets one or more criteria while the location of the computing device is within the predetermined area.