Patent Document ID: 9202105
Application ID: 13350633
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method of authenticating a user, comprising: under control of one or more computing systems configured with executable instructions, obtaining image information captured by at least one camera of a computing device; analyzing at least a first portion of the image information to recognize the user contained in the image information; analyzing at least a second portion of the image information to verify that the user contained in the image information corresponds to a physical living being within proximity of the computing device; authenticating the user when the user is recognized as an authorized user and the user contained in the image information corresponds to the physical living being; and prompting the user to perform an action within a field of view of the at least one camera of the computing device, wherein analyzing at least the second portion of the image information includes monitoring the second portion of the image information for performance of the action by the user.