Methods for acouiring an internet user's consent to be located and for authenticating the identity of the user using location information

• US 20110239274A1
• Filed: 03/28/2011
• Published: 09/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Spriv LLC
• Original Assignee: Guy Heffez
• Inventors: Heffez, Guy
• Granted Patent: US 8,640,197 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/3
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/107 wherein the security policies are location-dependent, e.g. entities privileges depend on current location or allowing specific operations only from locally connected terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1441 Countermeasures against malicious traffic countermeasures against attacks on cryptographic mechanisms H04L9/002
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/18 using different networks or channels, e.g. using out of band channels cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key distribution involving distinctive intermediate devices or communication paths H04L9/0827; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for authentication using a plurality of channels H04L9/3215
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0872 using geo-location information, e.g. location data, time, relative position or proximity to other entities

Abstract

A method and system for acquiring an Internet user'"'"'s consent to be geographically located via at least two independent sources of geographical information while at least one independent source of geographical information is the wireless location of said Internet user'"'"'s communication voice device. The method does not require any user intervention other than the user'"'"'s interaction with an Internet site via the Internet user'"'"'s Internet browser.

Claims

1. A method for acquiring an Internet user'"'"'s consent over the Internet to be geographically located via at least two separate and independent sources of geographical information wherein at least one independent source of geographical information is the wireless location of said Internet user'"'"'s communication voice device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication voice device is a mobile telephone.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication voice device is a mobile computer.

4. A method for acquiring an Internet user'"'"'s consent, via one communication voice device, to be geographically located via wireless technology using a second communication voice device without any user interaction with the second communication voice device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first and second communication voice device are two separate communication voice devices.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein at least one communication voice device is a mobile telephone.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein at least one communication voice device is a mobile computer.