Passwordless and decentralized identity verification
US10135835B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 19, 2018 |
| Grant date | Nov 20, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 19, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/205
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques include receiving request for verification of an identity, where the request includes no authentication information associated with the identity; determining, based on a ledger shared by a plurality of decentralized verification services, a credibility score for the identity; where the ledger is developed based on receiving information associated with a plurality of different types of credibility-building actions taken by the identity in an environment; determining whether the credibility score for the identity can be validated by consensus by at least a subset of the plurality of decentralized verification services; and determining whether to verify the identity, where the determination of whether to verify the identity is performed without using authentication information associated with the identity.
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