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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2005
William H Harris, Woodside, CA (US);
Louis a Gasparini, San Mateo, CA (US);
William H Harris, Woodside, CA (US);
Louis A Gasparini, San Mateo, CA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, WA (US);
Abstract
A method for authenticating a user based on a plurality of authentication factors includes a step of receiving a first authentication factor from a first communication device of the user. The first authentication factor includes a password. The method includes a step of receiving a second authentication factor. The second authentication factor comprises at least one of at least one device identifier of the first communication device of the user and data transmitted to or received from a second communication device of the user. The method also includes a step of authenticating the user based on at least the received plurality of authentication factors.