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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Christian Holz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
EXCALIBUR IP, LLC, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); G06F 21/42 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/10 (2013.01); G06F 21/42 (2013.01); H04L 63/0853 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
An authentication approach simplifies the process of authentication across devices, while increasing security. An authentication code is supplied through non-traditional channels, such as audio and visual channels, allowing more complex codes to pass between two devices for authentication with increased security, while reducing user interaction.