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Reducing authentication confidence over time based on user history

  • US 9,590,966 B2
  • Filed: 03/15/2013
  • Issued: 03/07/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

  • at least one processor;

    at least one memory; and

    at least a set of executable instructions stored within the memory, wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, are to;

    detect a triggering event that indicates a new decay rate is to be calculated;

    identify a beginning time and an ending time associated with an interval of time during an active user session on a client device associated with a user, wherein the beginning time is to indicate a first absolute session time measured from a start of the active user session to a last positive authentication of the active user session, and wherein the ending time is to indicate a second absolute session time measured from the start of the active user session to a later time occurring after the last positive authentication;

    determine a first value based, at least in part, on a first number of prior user sessions of a first subset of a set of prior user sessions that are no longer active, wherein a session length of each of the prior user sessions of the first subset was at least as long as the beginning time;

    determine a second value based, at least in part, on a second number of prior user sessions of a second subset of the set of prior user sessions, wherein a session length of each of the prior user sessions of the second subset was at least as long as the ending time;

    determine a decay rate for a current authentication confidence score by dividing the second value by the first value; and

    determine an updated authentication confidence score by multiplying the current authentication confidence score by the decay rate.

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