Patent Document ID: 20160285855
Application ID: 15056768
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of verifying that a user is authorized to access a computer-accessible resource, the method comprising: maintaining a communication number of a verification device associated with a user; receiving a request by the user to access a computer-accessible resource; utilizing the communication number to send a request to the user's verification device that the user perform a verification action; monitoring one or more characteristics indicative of the user's behavior during performance of the requested verification action by the user; determining whether the user successfully performed the requested verification action; comparing the monitored one or more characteristics with an authentication rule to determine whether the authentication rule has been satisfied by the monitored characteristics; and if the verification action has been successfully completed by the user and if the authentication rule has been satisfied by the monitored characteristics, generating an authentication response that indicates that the user has been authenticated for access to the computer-accessible resource.