Systems and methods for managing resetting of user online identities or accounts
AssigneeVerizon Media Inc.
InventorLachlan A. Maxwell
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for managing the resetting of online identities or accounts of users of Internet web pages. One method includes: receiving, through an electronic device, a request to reset login information to access a web page associated with the user's online account; determining that an IP address associated with the request is not identified as being suspicious; receiving user data intrinsic to the user's request; automatically verifying two or more values of the data intrinsic to the user's request as being indicative of a level of trust of the identity of the user; and transmitting, to the user over the Internet, a subset of options to reset the login information, the subset being selected based on the level of trust.
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A computer-implemented method for managing resetting of user accounts, the method comprising:
- receiving, over a network, a request to reset login information to access an online account of a user;
- comparing, at an online account server, a time of the request to reset login information to a preset time or amount of time;
- receiving, over the network, intrinsic user data associated with the request to reset login information, wherein the intrinsic user data includes a threshold amount of history for an IP address associated with the request;
- evaluating, at the online account server, based on the intrinsic user data, whether a screen name associated with a related online account of the user is currently logged in from the IP address associated with the request;
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- upon determining that the associated screen name is logged in, transmitting, over the network, a subset of options to reset the login information based on the evaluated intrinsic user data.
A system for managing resetting of online identities or accounts of users, the system including:
- a data storage device storing instructions for managing resetting of online identities or accounts of users;
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- a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform a method including:
- receiving, over a network, a request to reset login information to access an online account of a user;
- comparing, at an online account server, a time of the request to reset login information to a preset time or amount of time;
- receiving, over the network, intrinsic user data associated with the request to reset login information, wherein the intrinsic user data includes a threshold amount of history for an IP address associated with the request;
- evaluating, at the online account server, based on the intrinsic user data, whether a screen name associated with a related online account of the user is currently logged in from the IP address associated with the request;
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- upon determining that the associated screen name is logged in, transmitting, over the network, a subset of options to reset the login information based on the evaluated intrinsic user data.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable instructions that, when executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to perform a method for managing resetting of online identities or accounts of users, the method including:
- receiving, over a network, a request to reset login information to access an online account of a user;
- comparing, at an online account server, a time of the request to reset login information to a preset time or amount of time;
- receiving, over the network, intrinsic user data associated with the request to reset login information, wherein the intrinsic user data includes a threshold amount of history for an IP address associated with the request;
- evaluating, at the online account server, based on the intrinsic user data, whether a screen name associated with a related online account of the user is currently logged in from the IP address associated with the request;
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- upon determining that the associated screen name is logged in, transmitting, over the network, a subset of options to reset the login information based on the evaluated intrinsic user data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.