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Connected authentication device using mobile single sign on credentials

  • US 10,135,805 B2
  • Filed: 10/31/2013
  • Issued: 11/20/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device configured to enable access by a computer to a secure online resource, the device comprising:

  • a processor;

    a network interface including a subscriber identity module (SIM) for connecting to a cellular network; and

    a memory storing executable instructions for causing the processor to;

    request, via the network interface and from a backend server, a Single Sign On PIN;

    receive, in response to the request, the Single Sign On PIN from the backend server;

    transmit, via the network interface and to a token server, the Single Sign On PIN and credentials of the SIM to request a token for accessing the secure online resource via the computer, the computer being different from the device, wherein the token is associated with a user account;

    receive, via the network interface and from the token server, the token;

    store the token at the device to enable the access by the computer to the secure online resource, wherein the device is unable to use the token to enable the device to access the secure online resource;

    receive from the computer, after the storing of the token, a request for transmission of the token to the computer responsive to a request from the computer for access to the secure online resource;

    responsive to the receiving of the request from the computer, verify, without manual authentication, that the computer is being accessed by a user associated with the user account based on the device being geographically proximate to the computer; and

    transmit the token to the computer upon the verification that the computer is being accessed by the user associated with the user account.

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