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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2024
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Steven Michael Holl, Sarasota, FL (US);
Matthew Robert Engle, Plano, TX (US);
Jason A. Kuhne, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Jason Michael Coleman, Hendersonville, NC (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method comprises: at an identity provider, upon receiving a request for authentication of a user to a target application that is hosted on a user device and into which the user has logged-in: identifying one or more biometric tests to be applied to the user to satisfy the request; selecting, from a list of application services that have trust relationships with the identity provider, an application service which has an active session with the user and supports the one or more biometric tests; requesting the application service to perform multifactor authentication that includes the one or more biometric tests; receiving, from the application service, biometric test results that indicate whether each of the one or more biometric tests passed or failed; and determining that the authentication has passed or failed based on the biometric test results.