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- Patent Title: Enhanced multi-factor authentication based on physical and logical proximity to trusted devices and users
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Application No.: US18372028Application Date: 2023-09-22
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Publication No.: US12199968B2Publication Date: 2025-01-14
- Inventor: David J Zacks , Carlos M. Pignataro , Thomas Szigeti
- Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Lee & Hayes, P.C.
- Main IPC: H04L9/40
- IPC: H04L9/40 ; G06F21/31

Abstract:
This disclosure describes techniques for performing enhanced authentication of a device based on physical proximity of the device to one or more other authenticated devices. An example method includes performing a first authentication of a first device or a first user and connecting the first device to a protected resource. Based on determining that the first device is within a threshold distance of a second, authenticated, device, a reauthentication interval is selected. Based on determining that the reauthentication interval has expired, a second authentication is initiated by transmitting, to the first device or a third device associated with the first user, a request for an authentication factor.
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