Behavioral fingerprinting via derived personal relation

US9015860B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Elwha LLC · US

Inventors

• Marc E. Davis · San Francisco, US
• Matthew G. Dyor · Bellevue, US
• Daniel A. Gerrity · Seattle, US
• Xuedong Huang · Bellevue, US
• Roderick A. Hyde · Redmond, US
• Royce A. Levien · Lexington, US
• Richard T. Lord · Gig Harbor, US
• Robert W. Lord · Seattle, US
• Mark A. Malamud · Seattle, US
• Nathan P. Myhrvold · Bellevue, US
• Clarence T. Tegreene · Bellevue, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 28, 2012
• Grant date: Apr 21, 2015
• Expiry date: Sep 28, 2032

Classification

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

Abstract

Disclosed herein are example embodiments for behavioral fingerprinting via derived personal relation. For certain example embodiments, at least one indication of personal relation for at least one authorized user may be derived via at least one user-device interaction, and the at least one indication of personal relation may be incorporated into at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the at least one authorized user, the at least one behavioral fingerprint including one or more indicators of utilization of one or more user devices by the at least one authorized user.