Variable trust levels for authentication

A level of trust is determined based on a combination of scores for one or more successful authentications. Scores indicate relative degrees of reliability for authentications, so that differing authentication methods may correspond to different scores. The determined level of trust can then be used...

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Main Authors Brown, Bruce E, Brown, Aaron M, Brown, II, Bruce-Eric
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.08.2006
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Summary:A level of trust is determined based on a combination of scores for one or more successful authentications. Scores indicate relative degrees of reliability for authentications, so that differing authentication methods may correspond to different scores. The determined level of trust can then be used to allow or deny access to a resource, and can be used to specify the type of access that is allowed, if applicable.