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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.: US17178234Application Date: 2021-02-17
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Publication No.: US11805112B2Publication Date: 2023-10-31
- 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 and logical proximity of the device to one or more other authenticated devices. An example method includes performing, at a first time, a first authentication of a first device or a first user of the first device and determining that the first device is connected to at least one second device in a communication session. The at least one second device or at least one second user of the at least one second device are authenticated. The example method further includes determining a reauthentication interval based on the first device being connected to the at least one second device in the communication session and initiating, at a second time that is after the first time by the reauthentication interval, a second authentication of the first device or the first user of the first device.
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