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Providing remote user authentication

  • US 8,522,010 B2
  • Filed: 10/20/2008
  • Issued: 08/27/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A tangible computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed perform a method, comprising:

  • providing a reference to a user authentication service for installation in source code of a host server, the reference associated with source code for an Iframe in a browser accessing the host server;

    providing a user interface (UI) in the Iframe for user authentication on the host server;

    providing integration code to the host server for use in an application programming interface for notifying the user authentication service to initiate user authentication upon a request from the UI;

    providing an authentication-test message for display in the UI, the authentication-test message comprising a randomly generated challenge-response test specific to a user session in the host server;

    performing at least one of;

    sending a short message service (SMS)-based authentication-request message, requesting a response, to a mobile device designated by a user;

    orreceiving an SMS-based user response from the mobile device, the SMS-based user response comprising an authentication key from the authentication-test message; and

    providing a notification to the host server of an authentication of the user after at least one of a desired user response to the SMS-based authentication-request message or the SMS-based user response is received by the user authentication service, at least one of the desired user response or the SMS-based user response comprising an activation of an event by the user which results in the notification, to the host server, of the authentication of the user.

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