User authentication system and method
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1. A method for authenticating the identity of an individual at a remote viewing terminal, the method comprising acts of:
- conducting an interactive game played by the individual on the remote viewing terminal with a central computer system;
selecting a phone number;
generating, using information associated with the individual, an authentication code for the individual;
displaying the selected phone number to the individual on the remote viewing terminal;
displaying the authentication code to the individual on the remote viewing terminal; and
authenticating the individual upon receipt of the authentication code via a call made by the individual to the selected phone number.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to systems for and methods of authentication of a program user. More particularly, winning players of an interactive game program call a randomly selected phone number or access a randomly selected website that is displayed to them and additionally enter a randomly generated code also displayed to the viewer that a computer system then compares against its database and determines if the player is authentic.
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1. A method for authenticating the identity of an individual at a remote viewing terminal, the method comprising acts of:
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conducting an interactive game played by the individual on the remote viewing terminal with a central computer system; selecting a phone number; generating, using information associated with the individual, an authentication code for the individual; displaying the selected phone number to the individual on the remote viewing terminal; displaying the authentication code to the individual on the remote viewing terminal; and authenticating the individual upon receipt of the authentication code via a call made by the individual to the selected phone number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for authenticating the identity of an individual at a remote viewing terminal, comprising acts of:
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conducting an interactive game played by the individual on the remote view terminal with a central computer system; generating, using information associated with the individual, an authentication code for the individual; displaying a randomly-selected Internet site locator to the individual on the remote viewing terminal; displaying the authentication code to the individual on the remote viewing terminal; and authenticating the individual upon receipt of the authentication code via the randomly-selected Internet site. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed by a computer, perform a method for authenticating the identity of an individual at a remote viewing terminal, the method comprising acts of:
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selecting a phone number; generating, using information associated with the individual, an authentication code for the individual; conducting an interactive game played by the individual on the remote viewing terminal with a central computer system; displaying the selected phone number to the individual on the remote viewing terminal; displaying the authentication code to the individual on the remote viewing terminal; and authenticating the individual upon receipt of the authentication code via a call made by the individual to the selected phone number. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. A computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed perform a method for authenticating the identity of an individual at a remote viewing terminal, the method comprising acts of:
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conducting an interactive game played by the individual on the remote view terminal with a central computer system; generating, using information associated with the individual, an authentication code for the individual; displaying a randomly-selected Internet site locator to the individual on the remote viewing terminal; displaying the authentication code to the individual on the remote viewing terminal; and authenticating the individual upon receipt of the authentication code via the randomly-selected Internet site. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78)
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79. A system for authenticating the identity of an individual, the system comprising:
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a selector that selects a phone number; a generator that generates, using information associated with the individual, an authentication code for the individual; a display adapted to display the selected phone number to the individual and to display the authentication code to the individual; a means for conducting an interactive game played by the individual at a remote viewing terminal including the display, the game being played with a central computer system; and an authenticator adapted to authenticate the individual upon receipt of the authentication code via a call made by the individual to the selected phone number. - View Dependent Claims (80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97)
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98. A system for authenticating the identity of an individual, comprising:
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a means for conducting an interactive game played by the individual on one remote viewing terminal with a central computer system; a generator for generating, using information associated with the individual, an authentication code for the individual; a display adapted to display a randomly-selected Internet site locator to the individual and to display the authentication code to the individual; and an authenticator adapted to authenticate the individual upon receipt of the authentication code via the randomly-selected Internet site. - View Dependent Claims (99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115)
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