Data mesh based environmental augmentation

• US 10,304,114 B2
• Filed: 07/31/2014
• Issued: 05/28/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Melcher, Ryan, Tapley, John, Lee, Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Rashid, Harunur
• Application Number:
  US14/449,126
• Publication Number:
  US 20150281252A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,762 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/24 Detecting, measuring or recording bioelectric or biomagnetic signals of the body or parts thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/69 using geographic information, e.g. room number
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/04 Processing captured monitoring data, e.g. for logfile generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/107 wherein the security policies are location-dependent, e.g. entities privileges depend on current location or allowing specific operations only from locally connected terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1042 using topology management mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

In various example embodiments, a system and method for data mesh-based environmental augmentation are presented. Attribute data associated with a user may be received from a plurality of attribute sources. A portion of the attribute data may include real-time data. A portion of the real-time data indicative of an identity of the user may be identified. The identity of the user may be authenticated with respect to the real-time data by analyzing the identified portion of the real-time data. Based on the authentication of the identity of the user, a user activity being performed by the user may be identified based on the real-time data, and the user activity may be augmented according to a user setting.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising;

receiving attribute data associated with a plurality of electronic devices, the plurality of electronic devices comprising at least a first electronic device including a location sensor, a second electronic device excluding a location sensor, and a third electronic device excluding a location sensor, the second electronic device associated with a first location, the third electronic device associated with a second location;

identifying a portion of first real-time data produced by the first electronic device and a portion of second real-time data produced by the second electronic device as being indicative of a user identity;

authenticating the user based on an analysis of the portion of the first real-time data and the portion of the second real-time data indicative of a user identity, the authenticating comprising calculating an identity likelihood metric based on the portion of the first real-time data and the portion of the second real-time data, the identity likelihood metric indicating a likelihood of authentication of the user with respect to the first real-time data and the second real-time data;

in response to the authenticating, transmitting secured content for presentation on the second electronic device;

detecting movement of the first electronic device from the first location to the second location; and

in response to the detecting movement of the first electronic device to the second location, automatically transmitting the secured content for presentation on the third electronic device without requiring authentication input from the user on the third electronic device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the authenticating the user further comprises:

determining that the identity likelihood metric exceeds a threshold.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise identifying, from the first real-time data, the first electronic device as corresponding to the user, wherein the identity likelihood metric is based in part on identification of the first electronic device as corresponding to the user.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first real-time data or second real-time data includes sensor data corresponding to the user and wherein the identity likelihood metric is based in part on the sensor data.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

extracting past identification indications from past attribute data that corresponds to the user, wherein the attribute data includes the past attribute data;

extracting real-time identification indications from at least one of the first real-time data or the second real-time data; and

calculating the identity likelihood metric by correlating the real-time identification indications with the past identification indications.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the first real-time data includes an indication that the first electronic device is moving away from the second electronic device.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the transmitting the secured content for presentation on the third electronic device is based on the first electronic device sending at least one real-time command to the third electronic device.

8. A method implemented by at least one processor of a computing device, the method comprising:

receiving, by a computing system, attribute data associated with a plurality of electronic devices, the plurality of electronic devices comprising at least a first electronic device including a location sensor, a second electronic device excluding a location sensor, and a third electronic device excluding a location sensor, the second electronic device associated with a first location, the third electronic device associated with a second location;

identifying, by the computing system, a portion of first real-time data originating from the first electronic device and a portion of second real-time data originating from the second electronic device as being indicative of a user identity;

authenticating, by the computing system, the user based on an analysis the portion of the first real-time data and the portion of the second real-time data indicative of a user identity, the authenticating comprising calculating an identity likelihood metric based on the portion of the first real-time data and the portion of the second real-time data, the identity likelihood metric indicating a likelihood of authentication of the user with respect to the first real-time data and the second real-time data;

in response to the authenticating, transmitting secured content for presentation on the second electronic device;

detecting a movement of the first electronic device from the first location to the second location; and

in response to the detecting movement of the first electronic device to the second location, automatically transmitting the secured content for presentation on the third electronic device without requiring authentication input from the user on the third electronic device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein authenticating the user further includes:

determining that the identity likelihood metric exceeds a threshold.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising identifying, from the first real-time data, the first electronic device as corresponding to the user,

wherein the identity likelihood metric is based in part on identification of the first electronic device as corresponding to the user.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein at least one of the first real-time data or the second real-time data includes sensor data corresponding to the user and wherein the identity likelihood metric is based, at least in part, on the sensor data.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

extracting past identification indications from past attribute data corresponding to the user, wherein the attribute data includes the past attribute data;

extracting real-time identification indications from at least one of the first real-time data or the second real-time data; and

calculating the identity likelihood metric by correlating the real-time identification indications with the past identification indications.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising reducing a security level associated with the third electronic device based on the identity likelihood metric indicating strongly that the identity of the user is authenticated.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein reducing the security level includes automatically performing an authentication task with a website on behalf of the user.

15. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining a user setting based on the attribute data; and

applying the user setting to the third electronic device.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

inferring user characteristics based on an analysis of a portion of the attribute data; and

determining the user setting based on the user characteristics.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein inferring the user characteristics includes:

identifying similar users that are similar to the user based on the user characteristics and respective user characteristics of the similar users; and

aggregating the respective user characteristics of the similar users.

18. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

causing presentation of a user interface on the third electronic device.

19. The method of claim 8, wherein detecting the movement includes:

determining that the first electronic device is at the first location based on a detection that the first electronic device is within a first operating distance of the second electronic device based on short-range communications between the first electronic device and the second electronic device; and

determining that the first electronic device is at the second location based on a detection that the first electronic device is within a second operating distance of the third electronic device based on short-range communications between the first electronic device and the third electronic device.

20. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

identifying a user action of the user based on at least one of the first real-time data and the second real-time data; and

storing the user action to be used subsequently to determine a user setting.

21. A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by a computing system, attribute data associated with a plurality of electronic devices, the plurality of electronic devices comprising at least a first electronic device including a location sensor, a second electronic device excluding a location sensor, and a third electronic device excluding a location sensor, the second electronic device associated with a first location, the third electronic device associated with a second location;

identifying, by the computing system, a portion of first real-time data originating from the first electronic device and a portion of second real-time data originating from the second electronic device as being indicative of a user identity;

authenticating, by the computing system, the user based on an analysis of the portion of the first real-time data and the portion of the second real-time data indicative of a user identity, the authenticating comprising calculating an identity likelihood metric based on the portion of the first real-time data and the portion of the second real-time data, the identity likelihood metric indicating a likelihood of authentication of the user with respect to the first real-time data and the second real-time data;

in response to the authenticating, transmitting secured content for presentation on the second electronic device;

detecting a movement of the first electronic device from the first location to the second location; and

in response to the detecting movement of the first user device to the second location, automatically transmitting the secured content for presentation on the third electronic device without requiring authentication input from the user on the third electronic device.

22. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 21, wherein the authenticating the user further comprises:

determining that the identity likelihood metric exceeds a threshold.