Patent ID: 9391985
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method of controlling the access of an Internet user to conduct a transaction via a website, where the user has access to a mobile voice device that is paired with an identifier of the user, and is in communication with the website via a computer having a computer signature, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of: a. receiving the computer signature; b. receiving an identifier of the user; c. checking whether the computer signature is stored in a database; d. sending a notification from a server to the mobile voice device that is paired with the identifier received in step (b), which causes the mobile voice device to acquire and report available Short Distance Wireless Information (SDWI); e. if SDWI is not available, then attempting to authenticate the transaction, and if the transaction is authenticated then communicating an indication of success to the web site; or f. if the stored computer signature is correlated in the database with stored SDWI that matches the SDWI acquired at step (d), then communicating an indication of success to the website; and g. if the stored SDWI does not match the SDWI acquired at step (d), then attempting to authenticate the transaction, and if the transaction is authenticated then communicating an indication of success to the website, and correlating the computer signature in the database with the SDWI acquired at step (d).