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Verification request

  • US 10,277,584 B2
  • Filed: 04/30/2014
  • Issued: 04/30/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, at a computing device from a client device over a network, a verification request via a unique web-key of the computing device on the network and accessed by the client device, the unique web-key comprising a uniform resource locator (URL);

    determining, with the computing device, whether the web-key is account-associated;

    in response to determining that the web-key is account-associated with a specific account, sending, by the computing device to the client device over the network, a private login page unique to the specific account and requesting an electronic authentication, the electronic authentication including an electronic token and a password;

    after sending the private login page, responsively receiving, at the computing device from the client device over the network, the requested electronic authentication;

    verifying, with the computing device, that the password is associated with the token, and that the password and the token are associated with the unique web-key in that an account of the electronic authentication is the specific account with which the web-key is associated; and

    granting, with the computing device, the verification request and permitting the client device access to the computing device when the unique web-key is associated with the specific account, the password is associated with the token, and the electronic authentication is associated with the unique web-key,wherein the method reduces a risk of phishing attacks nefariously soliciting the electronic authentication by rendering the electronic authentication unusable without the web-key.

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