Patent Document ID: 10129247
Application ID: 15856467
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of verifying that a user is authorized to access a computer-accessible resource, the method comprising: maintaining, for a plurality of authenticated users, voice call characteristic data for each of the authenticated users, the voice call characteristic data including timing data ranges; receiving a request to access a computer-accessible resource, wherein the request is associated with a user from the plurality of authenticated users; requesting, contemporaneously with a voice call session established with a verification device associated with the user, that a verification action be completed by the user; monitoring voice call characteristics during the voice call session, the monitored voice call characteristics including timing data related to the voice call session; comparing the monitored voice call characteristics to the maintained voice call characteristic data of the user, wherein the comparison comprises evaluating whether the timing data related to the voice call session falls within the timing data ranges; determining whether the verification action was completed; and generating, based on the comparison of monitored voice call characteristics to the maintained voice call characteristic data of the user and on the determination of whether the verification action was completed, an authentication response that indicates whether the user has been authenticated for access to the computer-accessible resource.