Patent ID: 11937081
Assignee: IMPRIVATA, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. A method of secure authentication to a resource in accordance with a predefined, electronically stored quorum-based authentication policy, the resource residing on a computer network comprising an authentication server, the method comprising:
assembling a final key via electronic interaction among a plurality of devices (i) each associated with a user thereof, and (ii) constituting a quorum in accordance with the authentication policy, each of the devices contributing a different key for assembly into the final key;
receiving a second authentication factor different from the final key and different from any of the keys contributed by each of the devices;
transmitting the final key and the second authentication factor to the authentication server; and
when the authentication server computationally determines that the combination of the final key and the second authentication factor satisfies the authentication policy, electronically according access to the resource.