SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATION-BASED AUTHENTICATION

摘要

A system, apparatus, method, and machine readable medium are described for location-aware authentication. For example, one embodiment of a location-aware method for user authentication comprises: determining a current location of a mobile device; identifying a location class corresponding to the current location; selecting a set of one or more authentication techniques to provide a sufficient level of user authentication for a current transaction based on the identified location class.

主权项

1. A location-aware method for user authentication comprising:
determining a current location of a mobile device; identifying a location class corresponding to the current location; receiving an authentication policy associated with a particular relying party, the authentication policy defining a set of one or more authentication techniques to provide a sufficient level of user authentication for a current transaction based on the identified location class; and selecting from the set of one or more authentication techniques to authenticate the user for the current transaction based on the identified location class.