Patent ID: 9641538
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for use in authenticating an entity, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a request to authenticate the entity; in response to receiving the request, determining a current location of the entity; acquiring information from a trusted third-party external source for use in authenticating the entity, wherein the information comprises at least one of security-related, financial-related or criminal-related information in connection with the entity, further wherein the information comprises an opinion formed by the trusted third-party external source relating to the riskiness of the entity; performing an analysis of the current location and the information from the trusted third-party external source in order to assess risk in connection with the request; in response to performing the analysis, determining a challenge to issue to the entity, wherein the challenge relates to the information from the trusted third-party external source; and based on the challenge, generating an authentication result for use in authenticating the entity; characterized in that at least one of the steps of the computer-implemented method is performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor.