Patent ID: 8793776

Claim:
A method for authenticating a log-in request based on location, the method comprising: receiving, with one or more processors, a log-in request from a first user device; determining, with the one or more processors, a first location and a time of the log-in request received from the first user device; determining, with the one or more processors, a current location of a registered mobile user device; computing, with the one or more processors, a distance between the first location of the log-in request and the current location of the registered mobile user device; determining, with the one or more processors, whether the computed distance exceeds a threshold; authenticating, with the one or more processors, the log-in request responsive to determining that the computed distance is within or less than the threshold; and transmitting, with the one or more processors, a warning notification to the registered mobile user device, the warning notification including the first location and the time of the log-in request received from the first user device responsive to determining that the computed distance exceeds the threshold.