Patent ID: 8832788
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, implemented by a server computing system programmed to perform the following, comprising; receiving, by the server computing system, a request to initiate a human-assisted authentication of identity of a user; automatically contacting a plurality of trusted associates of the user based on policy data in response to the request, wherein the plurality of trusted associates ace humans identified in the policy data to be contacted to validate the identity of the user, wherein the automatically contacting the plurality of trusted associates comprises: determining whether the plurality of trusted associates validate the identity of the user, wherein the determining comprises receiving an input from the one associate indicating whether or not the identity of the user is validated during the second communication, wherein the validation is based on receiving a correct answer from the user to a question asked by the one associate; and providing one-time passwords to the user for trusted associates that have validated the identity of the user, wherein the one-time passwords provided to the user are subsequently combined to form an authentication password used to determine whether the user is allowed to perform an action.