Systems and methods for authenticating a user of a computer application, network, or device using a wireless device

摘要

A method and system for authenticating a user includes providing an invocation element capable of being activated by a single user action, receiving an indication that the invocation element has been activated, obtaining a location of a wireless device associated with the user, determining whether the wireless device is associated with an authorized user, approving the user to use the application based on a predetermined location criterion, and producing an indication that the user has been authenticated.

主权项

1. A method for authenticating a previously registered user of an application requiring secure access to the application using a mobile access point, a computerized authentication system, and a wireless device associated with the user, the method comprising:
providing an invocation element on one or more of the wireless device or the mobile access point, the invocation element capable of being activated by a single user action; receiving an indication at the computerized authentication system that the invocation element has been activated; obtaining a location of the wireless device; determining whether the wireless device is associated with an authorized user based on a previously registered association between a wireless device identifier associated with the wireless device and an application identifier associated with the application using the computerized authentication system; approving the user to use the application using the computerized authentication system based on a predetermined location criterion related to one or more of the obtained wireless device location or a location of the mobile access point, when the wireless device is associated with an authorized user; and producing an indication on one or more of the mobile access point or the wireless device that the user has been authenticated when the user was approved using the computerized authentication system.