FALLBACK IDENTITY AUTHENTICATION TECHNIQUES

摘要

The presently disclosed subject matter includes a system, a method and a non-transitory program storage device configured for authorizing access of a user device to a service provider server. Responsive to a request to authenticate the identity of a user attempting to access an SP server via a user device (UD), an authentication server is configured to initiate at least one authentication operation using a second UD; in the event of a failure to receive a response to the at least one authentication operation from the second UD, the authentication server is configured to proceed according to an alternative authentication method which does not involve the second UD.

主权项

1. A system for authorizing access of a user device to a service provider (SP) server, comprising:
an authentication server computer device including at least one computer processor operatively connected to a computer memory and configured to: responsive to a request to authenticate an identity of a user attempting to access the SP server via a first user device (UD), transmit a notification request to a notification server to cause the notification server to send a notification to a second UD to initiate communication between the second UD and the authentication server computer device, the notification server being physically distinct from the authentication server computer device; responsive to a failure to receive a response to the notification from the second UD, (1) send instructions to the first UD to make the second UD ready for communicating with the authentication server computer device, and (2) at least one of: initiate an authentication operation with the second UD, or
responsive to receiving information from the first UD indicating that the second UD is unavailable for communicating with the authentication server computer device, cause said first UD to display instructions related to an alternative authentication method which does not involve the second UD.