Secure authentication of user and mobile device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10826702-B2
Application number	US-201916419431-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 22, 2019
Priority date	Feb 17, 2015
Publication date	Nov 3, 2020
Grant date	Nov 3, 2020

Abstract

An authentication method is disclosed. To authenticate a user, a mobile device may request identification and verification from the user. Upon receiving a positive identification and verification response from the user, the mobile device may generate a cryptogram using a user identification (ID) associated with the user, a timestamp, a device ID associated with the mobile device, a service provider application ID associated with the service provider application, and a service provider device ID. The mobile device may transmit the generated cryptogram, the user ID, the timestamp, the device ID, the service provider application ID, and the service provider device ID, to a service provider computer associated with the service provider application. The service provider computer may decrypt the cryptogram and compare the decrypted data elements to the received data elements to validate and authenticate the user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for authentication, comprising:
receiving, by a mobile device, a user request to access a service provider application on the mobile device;
providing, by the mobile device, credentials to an access device, which transmits an authorization request message comprising the credentials and a transaction amount to a service provider computer;
receiving a request, by the mobile device from the service provider computer, for a cryptogram;
requesting, by the mobile device, using the service provider application, identification and verification from a user via an identification and verification application residing within the mobile device;
receiving, by the identification and verification application on the mobile device, a positive identification and verification response;
in response to the positive identification and verification response, generating, by a cryptogram generation module within a secure element in the mobile device, the cryptogram; and
transmitting, by the mobile device, the cryptogram to the service provider computer,
wherein the service provider computer verifies the cryptogram and thereafter allows the mobile device to perform a transaction.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cryptogram is also generated using one or more of a user identification (ID) associated with the user, a timestamp, a service provider application ID, a device ID associated with the mobile device, or a service provider device ID.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the service provider computer verifies the cryptogram by determining a plurality of data elements encoded within the cryptogram, and then comparing the determined plurality of data elements to other data elements received from the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the user and the mobile device are authenticated based on the comparing.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cryptogram is also generated using the positive identification and verification response.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identification and verification comprises at least one of fingerprint identification and verification, iris identification and verification, or voice identification and verification.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cryptogram is transmitted to the service provider computer over the Internet.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the service provider computer is a digital wallet provider computer and the service provider application is a digital wallet application.

9. A mobile device, comprising:
a processor; and
a non-transitory computer readable medium, the non-transitory computer readable medium comprising code, executable by the processor, for implementing a method:
receiving, by the mobile device, a user request to access a service provider application on the mobile device;
providing, by the mobile device, credentials to a resource provider computer, which transmits an authorization request message comprising the credentials and a transaction amount to a service provider computer;
receiving a request, by the mobile device from the service provider computer, for a cryptogram;
requesting, by the mobile device, using the service provider application, identification and verification from a user via an identification and verification application residing within the mobile device;
receiving, by the identification and verification application on the mobile device, a positive identification and verification response;
in response to the positive identification and verification response, generating, by a cryptogram generation module within a secure element in the mobile device, the cryptogram; and
transmitting, by the mobile device, the generated cryptogram to the service provider computer,
wherein the service provider computer verifies the cryptogram and thereafter allows the mobile device to perform a transaction.

10. The mobile device of claim 9 , wherein the cryptogram is also generated using one or more of a user identification (ID) associated with the user, a timestamp, a service provider application ID, a device ID associated with the mobile device, or a service provider device ID.

11. The mobile device of claim 9 , wherein the service provider computer verifies the cryptogram by determining a plurality of data elements encoded within the cryptogram, and then comparing the determined plurality of data elements to other data elements received from the mobile device.

12. The mobile device of claim 11 , wherein the user and the mobile device are authenticated based on the comparing.

13. The mobile device of claim 9 , wherein the cryptogram is also generated using the positive identification and verification response.

14. The mobile device of claim 9 , wherein the identification and verification comprises at least one of fingerprint identification and verification, iris identification and verification, or voice identification and verification.

15. The mobile device of claim 9 , wherein the cryptogram is transmitted to the service provider computer over the Internet.

16. The mobile device of claim 9 , wherein the cryptogram is matched to a transaction ID by the service provider computer.

17. A method for authentication, comprising:
receiving, by a service provider computer, an authorization request message comprising a credential and a transaction amount from an access device, wherein the access device received the credential from a mobile device;
requesting, by the service provider computer from the mobile device, a cryptogram;
receiving, by the service provider computer associated with a service provider application, the cryptogram, wherein the cryptogram was generated by a cryptogram generation module in a secure element on the mobile device, by encrypting data in response to a positive identification and verification response, the positive identification and verification response received in response to an identification and verification request to a user of the mobile device, initiated by an identification and verification application on the mobile device;
decrypting, by the service provider computer, the received cryptogram; and
verifying, by the service provider computer, the cryptogram by determining a plurality of data elements encoded within the cryptogram, and then comparing the determined plurality of data elements to other data elements received by the service provider computer.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:
authenticating the user of the mobile device based on the verifying.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the identification and verification application comprises one or more of fingerprint identification and verification, iris identification and verification, or voice identification and verification.

Assignees

• Visa Int Service Ass

Inventors

• Gordon James
• Joshi Roopesh
• Horton David

Classifications

• H04L2463/121

  Timestamp · CPC title

• H04L2209/80

  Wireless · CPC title

• H04L2209/56

  Financial cryptography, e.g. electronic payment or e-cash · CPC title

• H04L63/0861 Primary

  using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231) · CPC title

• H04L9/3297

  involving time stamps, e.g. generation of time stamps · CPC title