Identity Verification via Password Vault Mining
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems face challenges in effectively differentiating between unique and fake user accounts on Internet services, as traditional verification methods are either insufficient or overly intrusive, allowing malicious parties to exploit resources with minimal cost and harm.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method that identifies user accounts corresponding to physical persons by mining password vaults for evidence of successful logins to Internet sites requiring strong validation techniques, using a combination of login information and physical validation factors such as credit card information, in-person authentication, or biometric data to determine account authenticity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional verification methods (email validation, credit card authorization) are used to differentiate unique users from fake accounts, then user identity verification is performed, but the methods are either insufficient or overly intrusive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a third-party verification service as an intermediary between the service provider and the user. This intermediary system performs the actual verification by accessing password vaults and analyzing login patterns, while the user simply needs to provide basic account information. This resolves the contradiction by making verification more reliable through sophisticated analysis while maintaining ease of operation through automated processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical verification methods (manual credit card authorization, direct email validation) with an automated digital system that analyzes login patterns and password vault data. This substitution enables more reliable verification through computational analysis while improving user convenience by eliminating repetitive manual verification steps.
2Object-generated harmful factors
If multiple bots and automated agents are used to exploit Internet services, then resource consumption increases, but the cost for malicious parties remains small or negligible
Solution Approach 1:
The verification system performs self-service by automatically analyzing password vault data and login patterns without requiring active participation from users during the verification process. The system independently identifies fake accounts through pattern recognition, making it cost-effective to deploy while effectively countering automated malicious activities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a digital copy of user authentication behavior by accessing and analyzing password vault data and login history. This copy allows the system to detect fake accounts by analyzing patterns in the copied data, enabling sophisticated verification without requiring complex real-time interaction systems.
3Reliability
If strong validation factors (credit card information, in-person authentication, biometric data) are required for login, then account security is improved, but the verification process becomes more intrusive
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary verification by analyzing password vault data and login patterns before requiring users to provide sensitive validation information. By pre-screening accounts based on their authentication behavior history, the system can identify fake accounts early, reducing the need for intrusive validation factors for legitimate users.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies partial verification by analyzing only the login pattern data from password vaults rather than requiring complete validation of all authentication factors. This partial action is sufficient to identify fake accounts, avoiding the need for excessive or intrusive validation while maintaining security.
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AI summary
A computer-implemented method for verifying user identities may include (1) identifying a request to ascertain whether a user account corresponds to a physical person, and, in response to the request, (2) identifying a password vault configured to store login information for at least one third-party Internet site for the user account, the third-party Internet site requiring a physical validation factor to log in to the third-party Internet site, (3) determining, based at least in part on the login information for the third-party Internet site, that the user account corresponds to the physical person, and (4) responding to the request with an indicator that the user account corresponds to the physical person. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.