Method and apparatus for an end user identity protection suite
AssigneeDigitalPersona, Inc.
InventorsVance Bjorn, Igor Katkov, Sergey Lipin, Fabio Santini
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Abstract
An end user identity protection suite (IPS) is discussed. In one embodiment, the IPS includes a identity validation system to evaluate a security level of at least one identity tool, the identity tool not related to computer security but rather to the user's identity. In one embodiment, the IPS further includes a security signal logic to generate a security status signal indicating an overall security state of the user, the security status signal comprising a combination of the security levels of each of the plurality of identity tools.
Claims20
An end user identity protection suite (IPS) comprising:
- a processor implementing an identity validation system to evaluate a security level of a plurality of identity tools associated with a plurality of digital identities of a user, at least one of the plurality of identity tools not related to computer security but rather to a user's identity, wherein the user's identity comprises a plurality of identity types selected from among online identities, healthcare identities, financial identities, credit identities, social networking identities, the identity tool associated with at least two of the plurality of identity types;
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- a security signal logic to generate a security status signal shown on a user interface indicating an overall security state of the user, the security status signal comprising a weighted combination of the security levels of each of the plurality of identity tools, wherein the weight of the security level of each of the plurality of identity tools is relative to an identity type protected by the identity tool.
A computer-implemented method for an end user identity protection suite comprising:
- analyzing a security level by a processor, based a plurality of security applications, the plurality of security applications associated with a plurality of identity types of a user, the plurality of identity types comprising two or more of:
- online identities, healthcare identities, financial identities, credit identities, and social networking identities;
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- generating an overall security state value for the user, the overall security state value comprising a weighted combination of the security levels of each of the plurality of security applications, wherein the weight of the security level of each of the plurality of security applications is relative to the identity types protected by the security application;
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- based on the overall security state value, generating a visual display displayed on a user interface to provide an at-a-glance indicator of the overall security state to the user.
A computer-implemented system for an end user protection suite comprising:
- an identity validation system including at least two evaluators, each of which evaluates the security state of an application, each application associated with a different identity type of a user, wherein one of the identity types is not a computer security related identity type, the plurality of identity types comprising two or more of:
- online identities, healthcare identities, financial identities, credit identities, and social networking identities;
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- a security signal logic to generate an overall security state signal based on a weighted combination of the security state of the applications, wherein the weight of the security state of the application is relative to the identity type protected by the application, as determined by the identity validation system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.