US 11,636,193 B1Granted

Intuition-based challenges

AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.

InventorsJamie Plenderleith, Monika Marta Gnyp

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Abstract

A system can be configured to determine whether a user is a human or a computer based on whether the user is capable of intuitive-based decision making to identify requested features. The system can generate a challenge that includes a question emphasizing mental shortcuts and associations developed through social and cultural interactions. The challenge also includes one or more media objects that are distinguishable to a human user due to the mental shortcuts and associations that permit selection of the correct media object in light of the question. Intuitive connections between statements and media objects are often difficult to implement within computer programs and algorithms due to the two-stage challenge requiring both comprehension and recognition of important features.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system comprising:

one or more processors;
a memory storing one or more instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving an indication that a user is requesting, via a user interface presented on a display of a user device of the user, access to a digital resource;
determining, based on the indication, a set of images comprising a first scene that depicts an interaction between a first individual and a second individual, a second scene that depicts a first outcome associated with the interaction, and one or more additional scenes that depict one or more second outcomes associated with the interaction, the set of images being determined based on a first likelihood of identification by a human user of the first outcome being greater than a second likelihood of identification by the human user of the one or more second outcomes;
determining, based on the set of images, a question that prompts the user to identify the first outcome;
generating, based on the set of images and the question, a challenge-response test configured to verify that the user is the human user;
presenting the challenge-response test to the user via the user interface;
receiving, via the user interface, a user response that includes a selected scene from the second scene and the one or more additional scenes;
determining that the selected scene matches the second scene;
and
granting access to the digital resource based on the selected scene matching the second scene.

8 more elements

A method comprising:

receiving an indication that a user is requesting, via a user interface presented on a display of a user device of the user, access to a digital resource;
determining, based at least in part on user information associated with a user profile of the user, a challenge type of a challenge, and a question category of a question of the challenge;
determining that the challenge is to be presented to the user via the user interface, to verify that the user is human;
determining, based at least in part on the indication, the question that causes the user to identify a first feature from context associated with the challenge;
determining a set of media objects that includes a media object associated with the first feature and one or more media objects associated with one or more second features that are different from the first feature, the set of media objects being determined based at least in part on a first likelihood of the media object being selected by a human user being greater than a second likelihood of the one or more media objects being selected by the human user;
generating the challenge comprising the question and the set of media objects;
presenting, via the user interface and on the display of the user device, the challenge to the user;
determining, based at least in part on a user response to the challenge, whether the user is the human user;
and
granting access to the digital resource based at least in part on the user response and a determination that the user is the human user.

7 more elements

A system comprising:

one or more processors;
and
a memory storing one or more instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
determining one or more media object features that a user is to identify within one or more media objects;
determining, based at least in part on the one or more media object features, a question terminology that causes human users to identify the one or more media object features;
determining user information associated with the user;
selecting, based at least in part on the user information, one or more modifications to modify one or more initial features of a media object of the one or more media objects to generate the one or more media object features, the one or more modifications being selected based at least in part on a first likelihood of the media object being selected by a human user being greater than a second likelihood of remaining media objects of the one or more media objects being selected by the human users;
generating, based at least on the question terminology, a challenge that instructs the user to identify the one or more media object features and that presents the one or more media objects;
and
determining, based at least in part on a user response from the user with respect to the challenge, whether the user is the human user;
and
granting access to a digital resource based at least in part on the user being the human user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/868,221Filed 6 May 2020
Granted: 25 Apr 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G06F 21/36
User authentication: by graphic or iconic representation
G06F 21/43
Using separate channels for security data: wireless channels
G06F 21/78
Protecting specific internal or peripheral components, in which the protection of a component leads to protection of the entire computer: to…
H04L 9/3271
Including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system or for message authentication, e.g. authorization, entity…: using…