Patent ID: 8578469
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for protecting access to information on a computer system having a first level of authentication, comprising: registering, in a database of a computer access protection system, a plurality of answers to a respective plurality of secret questions, wherein said answers are selected by and associated with a legitimate user of said computer system; registering, in said database, a plurality of user passwords selected by said legitimate user, wherein each of said passwords is associated with a secret question of the plurality of secret questions and its respective answer; detecting, by said computer access protection system, when said computer system moves outside a designated area; and communicating, by said computer access protection system, a token to said computer system upon the computer system moving outside the designated area; wherein said token includes authentication information associated with said legitimate user obtained from said database and triggers a second level authentication when said computer system is subsequently started outside the designated area, and wherein failure of said second level of authentication results in locking of functionalities within said computer system.