Patent ID: 9197624
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for authenticating a user device that acts as a client communicating with a server via a network, the method comprising: accessing a correspondence of a plurality of network latency based user device signatures to user identities in a database; comparing a geography information mapped to a user identity determined from a user identity material; accessing a correspondence of a plurality of network latencies mapped by geography, by the scheduling aspects for the network, and by the scheduling aspects for particular user devices to user identities in the database; comparing a current network latency of the user device to the plurality of network latencies mapped in the database by geography, scheduling aspects for the network, and scheduling aspects for particular user devices; authenticating the user device from a current user device signature of the user device and the current network latency of the user device based on the correspondence of the user device signatures to user identities in the database and the correspondence of the network latencies mapped by geography, by the scheduling aspects for the network, and by the scheduling aspects for particular user devices to user identities in the database; and increasing a confidence in the authentication if the current network latency from a location of the user device is consistent with the network latency for the location mapped in the database by geography and the location is consistent with the geography information mapped in the database to the user identity determined from the user identity material.