BEHAVIORAL FINGERPRINTING WITH SOCIAL NETWORKING

• US 20130159413A1
• Filed: 11/30/2012
• Published: 06/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Davis, Marc E., Dyor, Matthew G., Gerrity, Daniel A., Huang, Xeudong, Hyde, Roderick A., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Myhrvold, Nathan P., Tegreene, Clarence T.
• Granted Patent: US 9,621,404 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/02 for separating internal from external traffic, e.g. firewalls
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/562 Brokering proxy services

Abstract

Disclosed herein are example embodiments for behavioral fingerprinting with social networking. For certain example embodiments, one or more devices may: (i) communicate for at least one interaction related to a user of a user device in a behavioral fingerprint habitat; or (ii) administer at least an aspect of at least one interaction related to a user of a user device in a behavioral fingerprint habitat. However, claimed subject matter is not limited to any particular described embodiments, implementations, examples, or so forth.

Claims

1. A method for behavioral fingerprinting with social networking, the method being at least partially implemented by at least one device, the method comprising:

communicating for at least one interaction related to a user of a user device in a behavioral fingerprint habitat; and

administering at least an aspect of the at least one interaction related to the user of the user device in the behavioral fingerprint habitat.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the communicating for at least one interaction related to a user of a user device in a behavioral fingerprint habitat comprises:

sending one or more obtained characteristics corresponding to the at least one interaction for incorporation into at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the user device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the sending one or more obtained characteristics corresponding to the at least one interaction for incorporation into at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the user device comprises:

obtaining the one or more obtained characteristics corresponding to the at least one interaction for incorporation into the at least one behavioral fingerprint from at least one social network application resident at the user device.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the sending one or more obtained characteristics corresponding to the at least one interaction for incorporation into at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the user device comprises:

obtaining the one or more obtained characteristics corresponding to the at least one interaction for incorporation into the at least one behavioral fingerprint from at least one retail establishment patronized via the user device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the communicating for at least one interaction related to a user of a user device in a behavioral fingerprint habitat comprises:

receiving at least a portion of at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the user device at a server device that provides social networking functionality.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the receiving at least a portion of at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the user device at a server device that provides social networking functionality comprises:

forwarding the received at least a portion of the at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the user device from the server device to the user device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the communicating for at least one interaction related to a user of a user device in a behavioral fingerprint habitat comprises:

signaling an authentication likelihood corresponding to the user of the user device with respect to at least one authorized user of the user device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the signaling an authentication likelihood corresponding to the user of the user device with respect to at least one authorized user of the user device comprises:

computing the authentication likelihood corresponding to the user of the user device with respect to the at least one authorized user of the user device; and

transmitting, from a server device that provides social networking features, the authentication likelihood corresponding to the user of the user device with respect to the at least one authorized user of the user device to a third party server device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the communicating for at least one interaction related to a user of a user device in a behavioral fingerprint habitat comprises:

reporting social network activity to a behavioral fingerprint aggregator.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the communicating for at least one interaction related to a user of a user device in a behavioral fingerprint habitat comprises:

receiving a request for social network member verification.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the communicating for at least one interaction related to a user of a user device in a behavioral fingerprint habitat comprises:

receiving from a third party server at a social network server a request for verification of a targeted social network member.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the communicating for at least one interaction related to a user of a user device in a behavioral fingerprint habitat comprises:

sending at least one verification inquiry to at least one social network member that is connected to a targeted social network member.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the communicating for at least one interaction related to a user of a user device in a behavioral fingerprint habitat comprises:

receiving at least one response to at least one verification inquiry from at least one social network member that is connected to a targeted social network member.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the communicating for at least one interaction related to a user of a user device in a behavioral fingerprint habitat comprises:

sending at least an indication of at least one response received for at least one verification inquiry from at least one social network member that is connected to a targeted social network member.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the administering at least an aspect of the at least one interaction related to the user of the user device in the behavioral fingerprint habitat comprises:

causing the user device to ask the user a question having at least one answer that is ascertainable from at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the user device.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the causing the user device to ask the user a question having at least one answer that is ascertainable from at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the user device comprises:

causing the user device to display at least a portion of at least one map and to indicate to the user that an identified location is to be selected.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the causing the user device to ask the user a question having at least one answer that is ascertainable from at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the user device comprises:

causing the user device to ask the user to name one or more people that have been contacted via the user device.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the causing the user device to ask the user a question having at least one answer that is ascertainable from at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the user device comprises:

causing the user device to ask the user to identify a destination for a most-recent social network message sent from the user device.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the causing the user device to ask the user a question having at least one answer that is ascertainable from at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the user device comprises:

causing the user device to ask the user to select a picture of a social network member that has been most frequently communicated with via the social networking.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the administering at least an aspect of the at least one interaction related to the user of the user device in the behavioral fingerprint habitat comprises:

memorializing one or more factors affecting an analysis of the user of the user device with regard to authenticity.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the memorializing one or more factors affecting an analysis of the user of the user device with regard to authenticity comprises:

memorializing one or more utilization indicators of at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the user device.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein the memorializing one or more factors affecting an analysis of the user of the user device with regard to authenticity comprises:

memorializing at least one environmental parameter relating to an event to potentially occur in conjunction with the user device.

23. The method of claim 20, wherein the memorializing one or more factors affecting an analysis of the user of the user device with regard to authenticity comprises:

memorializing at least one result of one or more comparisons of (i) one or more utilization indicators of at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the user device and (ii) at least one environmental parameter relating to an event to potentially occur in conjunction with the user device.

24. The method of claim 1, wherein the administering at least an aspect of the at least one interaction related to the user of the user device in the behavioral fingerprint habitat comprises:

consulting a behavioral fingerprint that is associated with at least one of the user device or the user prior to forwarding a social network communication arriving from the user device.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the consulting a behavioral fingerprint that is associated with at least one of the user device or the user prior to forwarding a social network communication arriving from the user device comprises:

conditioning a posting of the social network communication at least partially on at least one comparison including one or more utilization indicators of the behavioral fingerprint and a content of the social network communication.

26. The method of claim 24, wherein the consulting a behavioral fingerprint that is associated with at least one of the user device or the user prior to forwarding a social network communication arriving from the user device comprises:

conditioning a messaging of the social network communication at least partially on at least one comparison including one or more utilization indicators of the behavioral fingerprint and a message destination of the social network communication.

27. The method of claim 24, wherein the consulting a behavioral fingerprint that is associated with at least one of the user device or the user prior to forwarding a social network communication arriving from the user device comprises:

analyzing the social network communication in relation to a readability level corresponding to the behavioral fingerprint prior to forwarding the social network communication.

28. The method of claim 24, wherein the consulting a behavioral fingerprint that is associated with at least one of the user device or the user prior to forwarding a social network communication arriving from the user device comprises:

forwarding the social network communication arriving from the user device at least partially contingent on an analysis including at least one indication of diction corresponding to the behavioral fingerprint and at least part of a content of the social network communication.

29. The method of claim 24, wherein the consulting a behavioral fingerprint that is associated with at least one of the user device or the user prior to forwarding a social network communication arriving from the user device comprises:

forwarding the social network communication arriving from the user device at least partially contingent on an analysis including at least one characterization of grammar corresponding to the behavioral fingerprint and at least part of a content of the social network communication.

30. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

exposing at least one application programming interface that enables a third party to participate in the behavioral fingerprint habitat via at least one social networking server.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein the exposing at least one application programming interface that enables a third party to participate in the behavioral fingerprint habitat via at least one social networking server comprises:

exposing at least one application programming interface that enables a third party to provide one or more characteristics for at least one utilization indicator of at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the user device via the at least one social networking server.

32. The method of claim 30, wherein the exposing at least one application programming interface that enables a third party to participate in the behavioral fingerprint habitat via at least one social networking server comprises:

exposing at least one application programming interface that enables a third party to retrieve at least one utilization indicator of at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the user device via the at least one social networking server.

33. A system for behavioral fingerprinting with social networking, the system comprising:

circuitry for communicating for at least one interaction related to a user of a user device in a behavioral fingerprint habitat; and

circuitry for administering at least an aspect of the at least one interaction related to the user of the user device in the behavioral fingerprint habitat.

34-64. -64. (canceled)

65. A system for behavioral fingerprinting with social networking, the system comprising:

means for communicating for at least one interaction related to a user of a user device in a behavioral fingerprint habitat; and

means for administering at least an aspect of the at least one interaction related to the user of the user device in the behavioral fingerprint habitat.

66-96. -96. (canceled)