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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2012
Applicants:

Daniel V. Bailey, Pepperell, MA (US);

Lawrence N. Friedman, Arlington, MA (US);

Yedidya Dotan, Tel Aviv, IL;

Samuel Curry, North Andover, MA (US);

Riaz Zolfonoon, Concord, MA (US);

Inventors:

Daniel V. Bailey, Pepperell, MA (US);

Lawrence N. Friedman, Arlington, MA (US);

Yedidya Dotan, Tel Aviv, IL;

Samuel Curry, North Andover, MA (US);

Riaz Zolfonoon, Concord, MA (US);

Assignee:

EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/44 (2013.01); H04L 2209/80 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is disclosed a method and system for use in authenticating an entity in connection with a computerized resource. An authentication request is received from entity for access to computerized resource. An input signal is received from a communications device associated with entity. The input signal comprises current location of communications device. The current location of communications device is derived from input signal. A location history in connection with communications device is captured. The location history comprises a record of discrete locations visited by communications device over a period of time. An analysis is performed between current location of the communications device and location history in connection with communications device. An authentication result is generated based on analysis between current location of communications device and location history in connection with communications device. The authentication result can be used for authenticating entity.


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