Patent ID: 11924636
Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a computer system via an electronic communication network, a user request by a user to perform an action;
responsive to a determination that the action requires an authentication for the user, the computer system causing a text message to be transmitted to a computing device associated with the user;
receiving, by the computer system via a link contained in the text message, user biometric authentication information corresponding to the user;
determining one or more linked providers that are able to verify whether the user biometric authentication information matches a biometric authentication sample for the user;
contacting, via the electronic communication network, the one or more linked providers to determine a verification of the user biometric authentication information; and
based on the verification of the user biometric authentication information, the computer system causing the user request to perform the action to be executed.