SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE APPLICATION OF AUTHENTICATION POLICIES
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1. A method for user authentication comprising:
- detecting a user of a client attempting to perform a current interaction with a relying party; and
responsively identifying a first interaction class for the current interaction based on variables associated with the current interaction and implementing a set of one or more authentication rules associated with the first interaction class.
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Abstract
A system, apparatus, method, and machine readable medium are described for adaptively implementing an authentication policy. For example, one embodiment of a method comprises: detecting a user of a client attempting to perform a current interaction with a relying party; and responsively identifying a first interaction class for the current interaction based on variables associated with the current interaction and implementing a set of one or more authentication rules associated with the first interaction class.
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32 Claims
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1. A method for user authentication comprising:
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detecting a user of a client attempting to perform a current interaction with a relying party; and responsively identifying a first interaction class for the current interaction based on variables associated with the current interaction and implementing a set of one or more authentication rules associated with the first interaction class. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An authentication system comprising:
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an authentication policy database to store authentication policies for a relying party; a relying party to detect a user of a client attempting to perform a current interaction; the relying party to responsively query the authentication policy database to identify a first interaction class for the current interaction based on variables associated with the current interaction and to implement a set of one or more authentication rules associated with the first interaction class. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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