Patent ID: 8839386

Claim:
A method for providing authentication, comprising: receiving, via a processor, a request from a customer to access a service via a first user endpoint device; sending, via the processor, a first authentication request to the customer for a first authentication information; receiving, via the processor, the first authentication information; determining, via the processor, a type of authentication for a second authentication request to be sent to a second user endpoint device; launching, via the processor, the second authentication request to the customer for a second authentication information to the second user endpoint device that is triggered when the first authentication information is received from the first user endpoint device via a first access network, wherein the first user endpoint device is different from the second user endpoint device; and enabling, via the processor, the customer to proceed with accessing the service when the second authentication information is received from the second user endpoint device via a second access network, wherein the first access network and the second access network are different.