Patent ID: 9298901
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for credential validation using multiple computing devices, the method comprising the steps of: selecting, by one or more computer processors, at least one challenge question; selecting, by one or more computer processors, two or more user owned devices, wherein selecting the two or more user owned devices includes querying a database for each user owned device associated with a user account; selecting, by one or more computer processors, at least one device order, based, at least in part, on a level of security desired in credential validation; presenting, by one or more computer processors, the at least one challenge question to the two or more user owned devices, wherein the at least one challenge question includes the at least one device order for returning at least one response; and determining, by one or more computer processors, whether the at least one response received from at least one of the two or more user owned devices is a correct response relative to the at least one challenge question and the at least one device order.