US 11,599,534 B2 · Computing arrangement and method for determining relationships between identity data

Abstract

A computing arrangement receives data. The data is from computer apps running on computer devices. The data has user identity data and associated device identity data. A memory stores sets of identity data. A respective set of identity data is associated with a user identity. Sets of identity data comprise at least one user identity data, at least one device entity data and information defining a connection relationship between the identity data of the respective set of identity data. At least one processor determines in response to received user identity data and device identity data that a first stored set of identity data is to be divided into two or more sets of user identity data. At least two sets of user identity data are associated with different user identities. The set of identity data is divided in dependence on the information defining the connection relationships.

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Dependent claims

A computing arrangement, the computing arrangement configured to determine relationships between identity data, the computing arrangement comprising:

an input configured to receive data, the data being provided by one or more computer game apps running on one or more computer devices, the data provided by a respective computer game app comprising user identity data and associated computer device identity data;
at least one memory configured to store a plurality of sets of identity data, a respective set of identity data being associated with a user identity, wherein at least some of the sets of identity data comprise at least one user identity data, at least one computer device identity data and information defining connection relationships between different identity data of the respective set of identity data;
and
at least one processor configured to determine, in response to receiving second user identity data and associated second device identity data from a respective computer game app, that a first stored set of identity data which is associated with a first strong user identity is to be divided into two or more sets of user identity data,
wherein:
at least one of the received second user identity and associated second device identity is associated with one or more of the identity data of the first stored set of identity data and the second user identity is a strong user identity;
one of the two or more sets of user identity data include the second strong user identity data and a different one of the two or more sets of user identity data include the first strong user identity;
and
the at least one processor is configured to use the information defining the connection relationships to determine connection distances between different ones of the identity data of the first stored set and to divide the first stored set of identity data in dependence on the determined connection distances.

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A computer implemented method provided by a computing arrangement, the computing arrangement configured to determine relationships between identity data, the computing arrangement comprising an input, at least one memory and at least one processor which are configured to provide the method which comprises:

receiving data by the input, the data being provided by one or more computer game apps running on one or more computer devices, the data provided by a respective computer game app comprising user identity data and associated computer device identity data;
storing by the at least one memory a plurality of sets of identity data, a respective set of identity data being associated with a user identity, wherein at least some of the sets of identity data comprise at least one user identity data, at least one computer device identity data and information defining connection relationships between the different identity data of the respective set of identity data;
and
determining by the at least one processor, in response to receiving second user identity data and associated second device identity data from a respective computer game app, that a first stored set of identity data which is associated with a first strong user identity is to be divided into two or more sets of user identity data, at least two of the two or more sets of user identity data being associated with different user identities;
using by the at least one processor the information defining the connection relationships to determine connection distances between different ones of the identity data of the first stored set;
and
dividing by the at least one processor the first stored set of identity data in dependence on the determined connection distances,
wherein:
at least one of the received second user identity and associated second device identity is associated with one or more of the identity data of the first stored set of identity data and the second user identity is a strong user identity, and
one of the two or more sets of user identity data include the second strong user identity data and a different one of the two or more sets of user identity data include the first strong user identity.

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A non-transitory computer readable storage device storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of computing arrangement comprising at least one memory, the at least one processor, and an input causes the computing arrangement to be configured to determine relationships between identity data, the at least one processor being configured to perform the following steps:

causing the input to receive data, the data being provided by one or more computer game apps running on one or more computer devices, the data provided by a respective computer game app comprising user identity data and associated computer device identity data;
causing the at least one memory to store a plurality of sets of identity data, a respective set of identity data being associated with a user identity, wherein at least some of the sets of identity data comprise at least one user identity data, at least one computer device identity data and information defining connection relationships between the different identity data of the respective set of identity data;
determining, in response to receiving second user identity data and associated second device identity data from a respective computer game app, that a first stored set of identity data which is associated with a first strong user identity is to be divided into two or more sets of user identity data:
using the information defining the connection relationships to determine connection distances between different ones of the identity data of the first stored set;
and
dividing the first stored set of identity data in dependence on the determined connection distances,
wherein:
at least one of the received second user identity and associated second device identity are associated with one or more of the identity data of the first stored set of identity data and the second user identity is a strong user identity, and
one of the two or more sets of user identity data include the second strong user identity data and a different one the two or more sets of user identity data include the first strong user identity.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Summary2,295 words

#Some embodiments may relate to a computing arrangement or device configured to determine relationships between different identity data. Some embodiments relate to a method implemented by a computing device or arrangement configured to determine relationships between different identity data.

#The modern world is becoming a ubiquitous connected world, with users registered, or not, with certain services. Such services may require unique login and password information, and as is becoming increasingly familiar to the users, they may have to manage many such accounts for various services.

#A user may have several devices, or indeed points of access to, in the user's view, the same application. This is particularly relevant to social gaming applications, where a user or player may register once (via a laptop for example), play the same game application via a social networking platform and/or on another device of the user (e.g. smartphone, tablet, google glass).

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#To understand some embodiments, reference will now be made by way of example only to the accompanying drawings, in which:

#FIG. 1 illustrates an example system in which some embodiments may be provided;

#FIG. 2 shows more detail of an example computing arrangement configured to provide one or more embodiments;

Detailed description6,552 words

#FIG. 1 schematically shows a system 200 in some embodiments. The system 200 comprises one or more servers 220 which may store or be in communication with one or more databases 250. The database may store data. In practice, more than one database 250 may be provided.

#In some embodiments, the one or more databases may be provided by a plurality of databases.

#In some embodiments, the database may be provided by a database farm or warehouse.

Facts

Application

17/176,376Filed 16 Feb 2021

Published

US 2022/0261396 A118 Aug 2022

Granted

7 Mar 2023

Term ends

16 Feb 2041

Estimated · how

20 years from earliest known nonprovisional domestic filing plus recorded patent term adjustment. Maintenance-fee lapses, terminal disclaimers and statutory extensions have not been checked. The continuity chain may be incomplete; this is not an enforceability determination.

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G06F 16/245
Querying: query processing
G06F 16/25
Of structured data, e.g. relational data: integrating or interfacing systems involving database management systems
G06F 16/278
Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system…: data…
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Computing and data processing

Computing arrangement and method for determining relationships between identity data

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