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User authentication based on authentication credentials and location information

  • US 8,220,034 B2
  • Filed: 12/17/2007
  • Issued: 07/10/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer readable storage device having computer usable program code executable to perform operations for authenticating a user based on authentication credentials and location information, the operations of the computer program product comprising:

  • referencing past user location information in response to an authentication attempt, the past user location information comprising a past user interaction timestamp and a past user interaction location identifier;

    referencing current user location information, the current user location information comprising an authentication attempt timestamp and an authentication attempt location identifier;

    determining a maximum distance that the user could have traveled from a past physical location associated with the past user interaction location identifier, based upon the past user interaction timestamp and the authentication attempt timestamp; and

    permitting the authentication attempt in response to determining that a physical authentication attempt location associated with the authentication attempt location identifier is within the maximum distance that the user could have traveled from the past physical location.

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