Abusive access detection in a social networking system
US10165065B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 12, 2013 |
| Grant date | Dec 25, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 21, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W4/21
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The disclosed techniques provide systems and methods for detecting malicious or otherwise abusive access of private end-user data in social networking systems. More specifically, various malicious action detection procedures are described for identifying a target user account that is examined via a private data access, generating a relationship scorecard including various social factors that together indicate a measure of social connectedness between a source user that initiates the private data access and the target user whose account is examined via the private data access, and making a determination as to whether the private data access is potentially abusive based on the social connectedness.
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