Patent ID: 9692758
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: creating, by an authentication server computer comprising a processor, a user profile for a user for a multi-factor authentication service, the user profile comprising personal data of the user and an authentication credential selected by the user; generating, by the authentication server computer, a notification message comprising a link containing a one-time use encrypted token that is used to initiate, upon selection, download and subsequent installation of a multi-factor authentication client application on a computing device; sending, by the authentication server computer, the notification message to the computing device; receiving, at the authentication server computer, a token from the computing device in response to the computing device receiving a selection of the link included in the notification message; determining, by the authentication server computer, if the token is valid by comparing the token to the one-time use encrypted token contained in the link included in the notification message; and in response to determining that the token is valid,