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Knowledge based authentication using recent user internet activity

US8955066B1 · kind B1 · utility

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5References

21Claims

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Assignee

EMC Corporation · US

Inventors

Karl Ackerman · Topsfield, US
Lawrence N. Friedman · Arlington, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 28, 2012
Grant date	Feb 10, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 27, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F21/316
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A technique of knowledge-based authentication receives information from third parties as to a user's recent web history including purchase history at an on-line retailer or search engine queries to produce a challenge question to authenticate the user based on that recent web history.

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