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Automated device discovery of pairing-eligible devices for authentication

  • US 9,942,223 B2
  • Filed: 11/25/2015
  • Issued: 04/10/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for discovering pairing-eligible devices for authenticating a user on a computing device, comprising:

  • via the computing device of the user, generating and sending an interrogation request to a network resource for identifying one or more pairing-eligible devices connected to the network resource or one or more pairing-eligible device users associated with an event stored on the network resource;

    in response to the interrogation request, receiving at least one encrypted token, wherein the at least one encrypted token comprises a unique identifier associated with at least one pairing-eligible device of the one or more pairing-eligible devices connected to the network resource or a unique identifier associated with at least one pairing-eligible device user of the one or more pairing-eligible device users associated with the event stored on the network resource;

    identifying one or more pairing-eligible devices associated with the at least one encrypted token by decrypting the at least one encrypted token and querying an authentication directory for a list of pairing eligible devices associated with the at least one pairing-eligible device user, wherein querying the authentication directory for the list of pairing-eligible devices associated with the at least one pairing-eligible device user comprises querying the authentication directory for predetermined device types;

    wherein the list of pairing eligible devices comprises at least one pairing eligible device having the predetermined device types;

    generating the list of pairing-eligible devices associated with the at least one encrypted token;

    displaying a user interface comprising the list of pairing-eligible devices;

    receiving a selection of a pairing-eligible device from the list of pairing-eligible devices;

    sending a notification to a selected pairing-eligible device, wherein the notification comprises an authentication challenge, receiving an authentication challenge response and making a determination as to whether the authentication challenge response matches an expected response; and

    in response to a positive determination as to whether the authentication challenge response matches the expected response, completing authentication for the user and sending a signed token to the computing device enabling the user access to authorized resources.

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