Patent ID: 9654977
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: automatically receiving, at a mobile device via sensors included in the mobile device, contextual information associated with the mobile device, the contextual information related to a physical environment surrounding the mobile device, wherein the contextual information is used in different authentication techniques; accessing, at the mobile device, an access control policy associated with an application; comparing the contextual information to behavioral patterns associated with a user of the mobile device; determining, at the mobile device, a level of access for the application and the user based on the comparison of the contextual information associated with the mobile device to the behavioral patterns and the access control policy associated with the application, wherein the level of access is selected from multiple levels of access available to the user for the application, wherein the different authentication techniques are associated with different levels of access of the multiple levels of access, the multiple levels of access comprising at least full access and partial access; receiving an indication that an action has been performed with respect to the mobile device that meets the determined level of access; and providing, by the mobile device, access to the application based on the indicated action.