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Mobile authentication for web payments using single sign on credentials

  • US 10,181,122 B2
  • Filed: 10/31/2013
  • Issued: 01/15/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving at a proxy server, from a server hosting a website, a request for authentication of a mobile device for payment, the request being sent via a computer device accessing the website, the request including a geographical location of the computer device;

    identifying the mobile device based on a geographical proximity of the mobile device to the geographical location of the computer device and determining that the mobile device runs a mobile payment application;

    identifying a mobile directory number (MDN) associated with the identified mobile device;

    authenticating the mobile device associated with the MDN at the proxy server;

    responsive to the request for authentication, sending from the proxy server to the website a challenge for authentication, for providing to the computer device accessing the website;

    receiving at the proxy server, from the mobile device associated with the MDN, via a user interface of the mobile device, a response to the challenge for authentication, the mobile device being other than the computer device accessing the website;

    verifying, at the proxy server, that the response to the challenge for authentication is a valid response; and

    upon verifying the response is the valid response, transmitting from the proxy server to the web site a payment information associated with the MDN.

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