Patent ID: 9037111
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A processor-implemented method programmed in a non-transitory processor-readable medium and to execute on one or more processors of a machine configured to execute the method, comprising: registering, at the machine, a mobile device for location-based authentication; linking, at the machine, a geographical location for the mobile device of a user, a mobile device identifier for the mobile device, a user identity for the user, and an authentication policy for authentication of the user and the mobile device, the geographic location linked as a geofence that includes range of geographical coordinates around the geographical location, the geofence includes a registered geographical location that is within the range or a proximity to the geographical coordinates; and enforcing, at the machine, the authentication policy when the user, via the mobile device, subsequently attempts to access a network resource and retrieving on demand credentials securely stored on the mobile device when enforcing the authentication policy, the securely stored credentials stored on the mobile device including at least the mobile device identifier for the mobile device and the user identity for the user.