Automatic identification of impermissable account sharing
US10992972B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 31, 2019 |
| Grant date | Apr 27, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 7, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/1454
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method for detecting impermissible account sharing among user accounts of a streaming media service including the steps of determining a plurality of locations accessed by a given user account of the user accounts; determining a device access count for each of the locations, the device access count indicating how many times the corresponding location was accessed by at least one device associated with the given user account; identifying one of the locations having the highest device access count as a base location; calculating a risk coefficient for each remaining location; generating a sharing score for the given user account by summing the risk coefficients; and determining impermissible account sharing of the given user account has occurred when the sharing score exceeds a threshold.
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