Authentication

• US 20050268330A1
• Filed: 08/03/2005
• Published: 12/01/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Andrew L. Di Rienzo
• Original Assignee: Andrew L. Di Rienzo
• Inventors: Di Rienzo, Andrew L.
• Granted Patent: US 8,806,653 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/4
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/14 specially adapted for specific applications
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/14 Determining absolute distances from a plurality of spaced points of known location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/34 involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/185 Space-based or airborne stations; Stations for satellite systemsH04B7/204 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/068 using credential vaults, e.g. password manager applications or one time password [OTP] applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

In connection with authenticating a client of a network, information is acquired that characterizes the client in a manner that enables a determination about authenticating the client of the network, the information being acquired other than in the form of a digital message that is passed on behalf of the client to the network; an authentication decision is made based on the information. Information is encrypted in a manner that is based on a physical property of an intended recipient of the information, and delivering the encrypted information to the recipient. A source of a beacon is physically associated with a person, times of receipt of the beacon at multiple stations are measured, and the location of the person is determined based on the times of receipt. A set of stations is established that are configured to acquire information that characterizes each of multiple clients in a manner that enables a determination about authenticating each of the clients with respect to a corresponding network, the information being acquired other than in the form of digital messages that are passed on behalf of the clients to the corresponding networks. The information is provided to operators of the networks to enable them to make authentication decisions based on the information.

Claims

1. A method comprising,

in connection with authenticating a client of a network, acquiring information that characterizes the client in a manner that enables a determination about authenticating the client of the network, the information being acquired other than in the form of a digital message that is passed on behalf of the client to the network, and

making an authentication decision based on the information.

2. The method of claim 1 in which the information is acquired by the network.

3. The method of claim 1 in which the information comprises a measurable physical property of the client.

4. The method of claim 3 in which the measurable physical property is sensed from a location that is remote from the client.

5. The method of claim 3 in which the measurable physical property comprises a physical property of a device that is part of the client.

6. The method of claim 3 in which the measurable physical property comprises a physical property of a person associated with the client.

7. The method of claim 3 in which the information comprises a geographic location of the client.

8. The method of claim 7 in which the geographic location is determined by measuring a time of reception at multiple receiving locations of a beacon signal that originates at the client.

9. The method of claim 8 in which the measurement is done at earth orbiting-satellites.

10. The method of claim 8 in which the measurement is done at earth-bound receiving towers.

11. The method of claim 1 in which the information comprises a caller ID delivered by a telephone service provider.

12. The method of claim 1 also including using global positioning system sources to send messages to the client.

13. The method of claim 3 in which the client includes a mobile telephone device and the geographical location is determined by a mobile telephone service provider.

14. The method of claim 3 in which the measurable physical property includes internal clock phasing of the client relative to a network master clock.

15. The method of claim 1 in which the acquiring of the information is triggered by a request of the client for access to the network.

16. The method of claim 1 also including controlling access of the client to the network based on the acquired information.

17. The method of claim 16 in which controlling access comprises excluding the client from access if the client has not been authenticated.

18. The method of claim 1 in which the network comprises a closed network and the location of the client is controlled by an operator of the network.

19. The method of claim 1 in which a user of the client is unaware that the information is being acquired.

20. The method of claim 1 also including

sending digitized credentials from the client to the network, and

also basing the authentication decision on the digitized credentials.

21. A method comprising

encrypting information in a manner that is based on a physical property of an intended recipient of the information, and

delivering the encrypted information to the recipient.

22. The method of claim 21 in which the physical property comprises a location of the recipient.

23. The method of claim 21 also including authenticating the recipient.

25. The method of claim 21 also including authenticating the recipient.

27. The method of claim 21 in which the physical property comprises a sensitivity to light or sound of a user associated with the client.

28. The method of claim 21 in which the physical property of the intended recipient includes properties of DNA associated with the recipient.

24. (canceled)

26. The method of claim 24 in which the decrypting is done automatically by the physical property.

29. A method comprising

physically associating a source of a beacon with an object,

periodically measuring times of receipt of the beacon at multiple stations,

determining locations of the object based on the times of receipt, and

generating a map of the locations.

31. The method of claim 29 also including

triggering an alert if one of the locations of the object is different from an expected location.

32. The method of claim 29 also including

performing an authentication process in connection with determining the location of the person.

30. (canceled)

33. The method of claim 30 also including

performing an authentication process in connection with determining the location of the person.

34. A method of encrypting and decrypting a message comprising

expressing the message as a message signal comprised of a sum based on eigenfunctions,

decomposing the sum into partial sums such that each of the partial sums conveys no meaning relative to the message, partial sums from the sum separating the expressions of the signal into partial summations,

forming electromagnetic signals based on the respective partial sums,

sending the electromagnetic signals from respective sources at times selected to assure the simultaneous arrival of the signals at an intended location, such that the electromagnetic signals superpose themselves to form the message signal.