US 12,081,970 B2
Contextual authentication for secure remote sessions
Manbinder Pal Singh, Coral Springs, FL (US)
Assigned to Citrix Systems, Inc., Ft. Lauderdale, FL (US)
Filed by Citrix Systems, Inc., Ft. Lauderdale, FL (US)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/660,695.
Prior Publication US 2023/0345240 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 12/0431 (2021.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 12/0431 (2021.01) [H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 12/068 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of contextual authentication for secure remote sessions, the method comprising:
receiving, by a processor and from a remote browser associated with a client computing system, a request to launch a web service;
causing, by the processor, the web service to be launched on the remote browser;
detecting, by the processor and from the web service, a security event;
in response to detecting the security event, determining, by the processor, that a security key is to be obtained from a near-field communication (NFC) device connected to a mobile device based on a context of the client computing system;
requesting, by the processor, the security key from the NFC device via the mobile device;
receiving, by the processor, the security key from the NFC device via the mobile device; and
delivering, by the processor, the security key to the web service via the remote browser.