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USER AUTHENTICATION

  • US 20170093920A1
  • Filed: 03/17/2015
  • Published: 03/30/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of user authentication for user access to a restricted resource in a computer system comprising:

  • receiving an indication of a user request to access the restricted resource, the request having associated a current user context defining one or more characteristics of the user;

    receiving a user selected authentication scheme from a set of authentication schemes for the current user context;

    comparing the user selected authentication scheme with a set of user-specific rules, each rule indicating one or more authentication schemes for a user context as preferred authentication schemes; and

    permitting access to the restricted resource based on the comparison so as to prevent access to the restricted resource when the rules indicate one or more authentication schemes other than the user selected authentication scheme are preferred for the current user context.

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