Patent ID: 9326264
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of authenticating an event comprising: receiving a request for an event associated with a user, the request comprising data relating to a region where the event is being requested; determining the location of a mobile device associated with the user, the mobile device being registered to a home telecommunications network; authenticating the requested event in dependence on the result of a comparison between the data relating to the region where the event is being requested and the location of the mobile device; wherein, determining the location of the mobile device associated with the user, comprises: monitoring network transactions; identifying a first type of network transaction indicating that the mobile device is connected to a component of a foreign telecommunications network; identifying a second type of network transaction indicating that the mobile device has cancelled a connection to the component of the foreign telecommunications network; locating the mobile device on the basis of the identified first and second types of network transaction; wherein locating the mobile device comprises setting the location status of the mobile device as: