Virtual identity manager

US8751306B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Doug Burger · Bellevue, US
• Lili Cheng · Bellevue, US
• Xuedong Huang · Bellevue, US
• Stelios Paparizos · Mountain View, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 20, 2011
• Grant date: Jun 10, 2014
• Expiry date: Jul 23, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/01
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A computing system and method for managing an identity of a user are provided. A server may be configured to communicate with each of a plurality of client devices in corresponding request and response streams. An inference engine is configured to monitor the request and response streams for identifying factors that distinguish each of the plurality of client devices from other of the plurality of client devices. Upon detecting one or more of the identifying factors for each of the two or more client devices that match within a threshold probability, the inference engine makes an inference that two or more of the plurality of client devices are used by the user. Based upon the inference, the inference engine creates a virtual identity record at the server linking the two or more client devices.