CPC G06F 21/316 (2013.01) | 20 Claims |
1. A method, comprising:
retrieving a location history of a user based on past locations of a user equipment (UE) device at various times and traffic data associated with the location history;
receiving, at the UE device, a request to access a protected application;
determining a present location of the UE device at a time associated with the request;
generating a locational pattern based on both the location history of the user and the traffic data;
comparing, at the UE device, the present location of the UE device with the generated locational pattern and a corresponding time data associated with the request to access the protected application; and
determining, at the UE device, a level of authentication necessary to grant access to the protected application is satisfied based on both the comparing and a determination that the present location falls within a locational range generated based on the traffic data.
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