Patent ID: 9648002
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. At a computer system including at least one processor, a computer-implemented method for validating an identity of a user, the method comprising: determining that a login account has been created for a user, wherein the login account was created at least through generation of a first identifier for the user based on a determined location of the user at a time when the login account was created, the first identifier comprising a first phone number that includes a first country code; receiving a login attempt from the user that includes a second, different identifier and one or more login credentials, the second identifier comprising a second phone number that does not include a country code; determining a current location from which the login attempt was received; using the second identifier and the current location, identifying the login account that was created for the user; and upon determining that the second identifier and the current location match the first identifier, authenticating the user.