20150365400 | PASSWORD-LESS AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - In one aspect, the present disclosure describes a server-implemented method for authenticating a login without a password. The method includes: a) receiving, from a request initiator, a request to authenticate a login, the request including a user identifier; b) providing, to a device pre-registered for use in association with the user identifier, an acknowledgement request, the device being configured to generate a prompt in response to receiving the acknowledgment request, the prompt requesting input to authenticate the login; c) initiating a timer; d) determining that a login confirmation message has been received from the pre-registered device before expiration of the timer; and e) in response to determining that the login confirmation message has been received from the pre-registered device before expiration of the timer, providing an authentication acknowledgment message to the request initiator. | 12-17-2015 |