Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20110138483
Filing Date: December 04, 2009Priority Date: December 04, 2009
Inventors: Jose F. Bravo, Jeffery L. Crume
Assignee(s): INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Current U.S. Classification: 726, 726/029000, 455, 455/411000
Abstract
A system, method and program product for controlling access to a restricted item. A method is provided that includes: receiving a request for access to a restricted item at a computer system associated with a provider, said request originating from a client system; determining an IP address of the client system; determining a mobile phone number of a mobile phone associated with the requester; transmitting to a third party service provider the IP address and mobile phone number; and receiving back from the third party service provider a confirmation message indicating whether or not the IP address and mobile phone are located within an acceptable range of each other.
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