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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2007
Jon Louis Bentley, New Providence, NJ (US);
Anjur Sundaresan Krishnakumar, Rocky Hill, NJ (US);
David Mandel Weiss, Long Valley, NJ (US);
Jon Louis Bentley, New Providence, NJ (US);
Anjur Sundaresan Krishnakumar, Rocky Hill, NJ (US);
David Mandel Weiss, Long Valley, NJ (US);
Avaya Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and methods are disclosed for performing peer authentication without the assistance of a human 'guard.' In accordance with the illustrative embodiments, a peer is selected from a non-empty set of candidates at authentication time based on one or more of the following dynamic properties: the current geo-location of the user to be authenticated; the current geo-locations of the candidates; the current time; the contents of one or more directories (e.g., a telephone directory, an organizational chart or directory, etc.), the contents of one or more call logs; and the candidates' schedules.