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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2015
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Ilija Zeljkovic, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Robert J. Andres, Marietta, GA (US);
Jerry Birkes, Atladena, CA (US);
Alton W. Drake, II, Atlantic Highlands, NJ (US);
Juan A. Garay, Guttenberg, NJ (US);
Brian M. Novack, St. Louis, MO (US);
Amanda Joy Stent, Chatham, NJ (US);
Gary A. Toretti, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Jay Wilpon, Warren, NJ (US);
James Whitescarver, Brooksville, FL (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A pre-registration procedure is utilized to create a user profile for a user of a multi-factor authentication ('MFA') service. A client application installation procedure is utilized to install a client application on a computing device that is to be utilized as an authentication factor for the MFA service. A computing device enrollment procedure is utilized to enroll the computing device on which the client application was installed for the MFA service. A voice enrollment procedure is utilized to create a voice print for the user of the computing device that is to be utilized as an authentication factor for the MFA service. An authentication procedure is utilized to provide multi-factor authenticated access to a service, such as an online service that provides access to sensitive account information.