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Selectively specifying account access recovery process based on account activity

US10735396B2 · kind B2 · utility

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22Claims

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Assignee

Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

Ivan Krstic · San Francisco, US
James Wilson · San Jose, US
Eric D. Friedman · Berkeley, US
Selvarajan Subramaniam · Cupertino, US
Patrice Gautier · San Francisco, US
John Patrick Gates · San Francisco, US
Ramarathnam Santhanagopal · Sunnyvale, US
Prabhakaran Vaidyanathaswami · San Jose, US
Sudhakar N. Mambakkam · San Jose, US
Raghunandan K. Pai · Saratoga, US
Karthik Narayanan · Santa Clara, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 22, 2018
Grant date	Aug 4, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 22, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2221/2131
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Some embodiments provide an account-access recovery method that receives a request to recover access to an account. The method also assesses recent usage of a device that is associated with the account. The method also, based on the assessment, selects a recovery process from a group of different recovery processes for regaining access to the account. The method also provides the selected recovery process to a party that is requesting the access recovery.

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