Patents Assigned to PhoneFactor, Inc.
  • Patent number: 9762576
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a network element comprises one or more processors, and a memory module communicatively coupled to the processor. The memory module comprises logic instructions which, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to receive, via a first communication channel, a primary authentication request transmitted from a user from a first device, process the primary authentication request to determine whether the user is authorized to access one or more resources, in response to a determination that the user is authorized to access one or more resources, initiate, a secondary authentication request, and transmit the secondary authentication request from the network element to the user via a second communication channel, different from the first communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Phonefactor, Inc.
    Inventor: Steve Dispensa
  • Publication number: 20130185775
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a network element comprises one or more processors, and a memory module communicatively coupled to the processor. The memory module comprises logic instructions which, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to receive, via a first communication channel, a primary authentication request transmitted from a user from a first device, process the primary authentication request to determine whether the user is authorized to access one or more resources, in response to a determination that the user is authorized to access one or more resources, initiate, a secondary authentication request, and transmit the secondary authentication request from the network element to the user via a second communication channel, different from the first communication channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: PHONEFACTOR, INC.
    Inventor: PHONEFACTOR, INC.
  • Patent number: 8365258
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a network element comprises one or more processors, and a memory module communicatively coupled to the processor. The memory module comprises logic instructions which, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to receive, via a first communication channel, a primary authentication request transmitted from a user from a first device, process the primary authentication request to determine whether the user is authorized to access one or more resources, in response to a determination that the user is authorized to access one or more resources, initiate, a secondary authentication request, and transmit the secondary authentication request from the network element to the user via a second communication channel, different from the first communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: PhoneFactor, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen T. Dispensa