Patent ID: 9473494
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for authentication comprising: receiving, from a human user, a request to access a network server; sending a connection request to the network server; receiving from the network server, responsive to the connection request, an authentication request directed to the human user, the authentication request including a server identifier associated with the network server; receiving, responsive to the authentication request, a biometric scan associated with the human user; generating, using the biometric scan and the server identifier, an encryption key pair consisting of a public key and a private key; sending the public key to the network server; receiving an authentication challenge encrypted with the public key from the network server; decrypting, using the private key, the authentication challenge to generate an authentication response; sending the authentication response to the network server; and receiving, based on the authentication response, an authentication that indicates that access to the network server is granted for the human user.