Patent ID: 11909765
Assignee: IMPRIVATA, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 18:
19. A method for authenticating a user seeking access to a secure resource, the user having previously accessed the secure resource on the basis of a first authentication mode in accordance with a security policy, the method comprising:
enrolling one or more wireless devices co-located with the user and a first client node by associating the one or more wireless devices with the user in an identity database; and
allowing the user to access the secure resource on a second client node on the basis of a second authentication mode in accordance with the security policy without requiring the first authentication mode, wherein the second authentication mode comprises co-location of one or more enrolled wireless devices with the user and the second client node,
wherein the second client node is not a wireless device of the user.