Social network based trust verification Schema

• US 20130191887A1
• Filed: 11/23/2011
• Published: 07/25/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Inventors: Davis, Marc E., Dyor, Matthew G., Gerrity, Daniel A., Huang, Xuedong, Hyde, Roderick A., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Myhrvold, Nathan P., Tegreene, Clarence T.
• Application Number:
  US13/373,682
• Publication Number:
  US 20130191887A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/5
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/316 by observing the pattern of computer usage, e.g. typical user behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0823 using certificates cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving certificates H04L9/3263
• 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 63/126 the source of the received data

Abstract

A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: for receiving at a computing device one or more behavioral fingerprints associated with one or more network accessible users; receiving an authentication request at the computing device, the authentication request associated with one or more proposed transactions of the one or more network accessible users; and transmitting from the computing device a decision associated with the authentication request, the decision based on a trust verification schema generated by relationally mapping the one or more behavioral fingerprints associated with the one or more network accessible users. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A computationally-implemented system comprising:

means for receiving at a computing device one or more behavioral fingerprints associated with one or more network accessible users;

means for receiving an authentication request at the computing device, the authentication request associated with one or more proposed transactions of the one or more network accessible users; and

means for transmitting from the computing device a decision associated with the authentication request, the decision based on a trust verification schema generated by relationally mapping the one or more behavioral fingerprints associated with the one or more network accessible users.

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21. A computationally-implemented system, comprising:

circuitry for receiving at a computing device one or more behavioral fingerprints associated with one or more network accessible users; and

circuitry for receiving an authentication request at the computing device, the authentication request associated with one or more proposed transactions of the one or more network accessible users; and

circuitry for transmitting from the computing device a decision associated with the authentication request, the decision based on a trust verification schema generated by relationally mapping the one or more behavioral fingerprints associated with the one or more network accessible users.

22. The computationally-implemented system of claim 21, wherein the circuitry for receiving at a computing device one or more behavioral fingerprints associated with one or more network accessible users comprises:

circuitry for sensing at the computing device one or more actions of the one or more network-accessible users; and

circuitry for applying reliability criteria at the computing device to the sensed one or more actions of the one or more network-accessible users to update the one or more behavioral fingerprints

23. The computationally-implemented system of claim 22, wherein the circuitry for sensing at the computing device one or more actions of the one or more network-accessible users comprises:

circuitry for detecting at the computing device one or more contacts frequently visited by the network-accessible users via one or more social networks to determine a visitation pattern associated with the network-accessible user;

circuitry for sensing one or more locations visited by the network-accessible user, the one or more locations including one or more of physical locations and internet address-based locations; and

circuitry for altering the behavioral fingerprint of the one or more network-accessible users as a function of the sensed one or more actions of the network-accessible users and at least one internet available entity.

24. The computationally-implemented system of claim 21, wherein the circuitry for receiving an authentication request at the computing device, the authentication request associated with one or more proposed transactions of the one or more network accessible users further comprises:

circuitry for relationally mapping the one or more behavioral fingerprints based on one or more relations between the one or more network accessible users identified by at least one social network.

25. The computationally-implemented system of claim 24, wherein the circuitry for relationally mapping the one or more behavioral fingerprints based on one or more relations between the one or more network accessible users identified by at least one social network further comprises:

circuitry for receiving data at the computing device from the at least one social network, the data identifying one or more relations between the one or more network accessible users; and

circuitry mapping at the computing device the data based on the one or more relations between the one or more network accessible users.

26. The computationally-implemented system of claim 24, wherein the circuitry for relationally mapping the one or more behavioral fingerprints based on one or more relations between the one or more network accessible users identified by at least one social network comprises:

Circuitry for determining at the computing device via the at least one social network, that the one or more network accessible users each have a behavioral fingerprint; and

circuitry for determining at the computing device whether each of the behavioral fingerprints are maintained by a respective network accessible user; and

circuitry for relationally mapping by the computing device a group of the network accessible users for which each behavioral fingerprint is maintained by the respective network accessible user.

27. The computationally-implemented system of claim 21 wherein the circuitry for receiving an authentication request at the computing device, the authentication request associated with one or more proposed transactions of the one or more network accessible users comprises:

circuitry for identifying by the computing device one or more relations between the one or more network accessible users;

circuitry for correlating by the computing device the one or more behavioral fingerprints based on the identified relations; and

circuitry for generating the trust verification schema by mapping the correlated behavioral fingerprints with the identified relations of the one or more network accessible users.

28. The computationally-implemented system of claim 27, wherein the circuitry for identifying by the computing device one or more relations between the one or more network accessible users comprises:

circuitry for identifying the one or more relations based on one or more social network data.

29. The computationally-implemented system of claim 27, wherein the circuitry for identifying by the computing device one or more relations between the one or more network accessible users comprises:

circuitry for identifying the one or more relations via identifying one or more common network accessible users as linked via one or more social networks.

30. The computationally-implemented system of claim 27, wherein the circuitry for correlating by the computing device the one or more behavioral fingerprints based on the identified relations comprises:

circuitry for identifying the one or more behavioral fingerprints of the one or more network accessible users; and

circuitry for comparing the one or more behavioral fingerprints based on one or more relationships between the one or more network accessible users.

31. The computationally-implemented system of claim 27, wherein the circuitry for generating the trust verification schema by mapping the correlated behavioral fingerprints with the identified relations of the one or more network accessible users comprises:

circuitry for generating the trust verification schema using the correlated behavioral fingerprints wherein the correlated behavioral fingerprints provide an average level of authentication for one or more groups of related one or more network accessible users.

32. The computationally-implemented system of claim 31, wherein the circuitry for generating the trust verification schema using the correlated behavioral fingerprints wherein the correlated behavioral fingerprints provide an average level of authentication for one or more groups of related one or more network accessible users comprises:

circuitry for determining a level of relation between the one or more network accessible users based a determined proximity of relation of the one or more network accessible users; and

circuitry for determining the proximity of relation based on one or more social network links confirmed by the one or more network accessible users.

33. The computationally-implemented system of claim 32, wherein the circuitry for determining a level of relation between the one or more network accessible users based a determined proximity of relation of the one or more network accessible users comprises:

circuitry for altering the level of relation between the one or more network accessible users based on any changes to relations specified by the one or more network accessible users, the changes via one or more social networks.

34. The computationally-implemented system of claim 32, wherein the circuitry for determining a level of relation between the one or more network accessible users based a determined proximity of relation of the one or more network accessible users comprises:

circuitry for mapping one or more locations of the network-accessible user to confirm the level of relation between the one or more network accessible users.

35. The computationally-implemented system of claim 21, wherein the circuitry for transmitting from the computing device a decision associated with the authentication request, the decision based on a trust verification schema generated by relationally mapping the one or more behavioral fingerprints associated with the one or more network accessible users further comprises:

circuitry for using the trust verification schema to automatically authenticate a transaction associated with one of the network accessible users based on a level of authentication associated with a group of the one or more network accessible users.

36. The computationally-implemented system of claim 21, wherein the circuitry for transmitting from the computing device a decision associated with the authentication request, the decision based on a trust verification schema generated by relationally mapping the one or more behavioral fingerprints associated with the one or more network accessible users further comprises:

circuitry for authenticating a shared computer processing request via verification of one of the network accessible users using the trust verification schema.

37. The computationally-implemented system of claim 21, wherein the circuitry for transmitting from the computing device a decision associated with the authentication request, the decision based on a trust verification schema generated by relationally mapping the one or more behavioral fingerprints associated with the one or more network accessible users further comprises:

circuitry for authenticating an internet purchase transaction via verification of one of the network accessible users using the trust verification schema.

38. The computationally-implemented system of claim 21, wherein the circuitry for transmitting from the computing device a decision associated with the authentication request, the decision based on a trust verification schema generated by relationally mapping the one or more behavioral fingerprints associated with the one or more network accessible users further comprises:

circuitry for authenticating a purchase by one of the network accessible users based on a location of a related network accessible user based on the trust verification schema.

39. The computationally-implemented system of claim 21, wherein the circuitry for transmitting from the computing device a decision associated with the authentication request, the decision based on a trust verification schema generated by relationally mapping the one or more behavioral fingerprints associated with the one or more network accessible users further comprises:

circuitry for authenticating a purchase by one of the network accessible users based on a location of a related network accessible user based on the trust verification schema.

40. The computationally-implemented system of claim 21, wherein the circuitry for transmitting from the computing device a decision associated with the authentication request, the decision based on a trust verification schema generated by relationally mapping the one or more behavioral fingerprints associated with the one or more network accessible users further comprises:

circuitry for denying one or more transactions attempted by one of the network accessible users based on the trust verification schema.

41. The computationally-implemented system of claim 40, wherein the circuitry for denying one or more transactions attempted by one of the network accessible users based on the trust verification schema further comprises:

circuitry for determining that a calculated combined level of authentication for related network accessible users does not meet a predetermined combined level of authentication as identified by the trust verification schema.

42. A computer program product comprising an article of manufacture bearing:

one or more instructions for receiving at a computing device one or more behavioral fingerprints associated with one or more network accessible users; and

one or more instructions for receiving an authentication request at the computing device, the authentication request associated with one or more proposed transactions of the one or more network accessible users; and

one or more instructions for transmitting from the computing device a decision associated with the authentication request, the decision based on a trust verification schema generated by relationally mapping the one or more behavioral fingerprints associated with the one or more network accessible users.

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