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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2010
Brian Novack, St. Louis, MO (US);
Jerry Birkes, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Alton Drake, Atlantic Highlands, NJ (US);
Gary Toretti, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Brian Novack, St. Louis, MO (US);
Jerry Birkes, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Alton Drake, Atlantic Highlands, NJ (US);
Gary Toretti, Flower Mound, TX (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A user's identity is authenticated by evaluating the identity of the user using a plurality of authentication techniques, the plurality of authentication techniques generating a plurality of numerical confidence indicators, respectively, of the identity of the user, associating a plurality of authentication technique weights with the plurality of numerical confidence indicators, respectively, and calculating a weighted combination of the respective numerical confidence indicators using the plurality of authentication technique weights to generate a composite numerical confidence indicator of the identity of the user.