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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2011
Applicants:
Cynthia Kuo, Mountain View, CA (US);
Quinn Jacobson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jonathan Ledlie, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Cynthia Kuo, Mountain View, CA (US);
Quinn Jacobson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jonathan Ledlie, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/1069 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2111 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2133 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method comprises receiving a request for generating a challenge for a device or a user of the device. The method also comprises determining location information associated with the device. The method further comprises determining one or more characteristics that are detectable based, at least in part, on the location information. Furthermore, the method comprises generating the challenge based, at least in part, the one or more characteristics.