Methods and systems for authentication of new users
AssigneeUnited Services Automobile Association (USAA)
InventorsCorinne Schuster, Gabriel Carlos Fernandez, Ameer A. Noorani
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Abstract
Embodiments disclosed herein may relate to systems and methods for secure authentication that enable a user to set up an account or log in an existing account upon an existing user vouching for the user. Embodiments disclosed herein relate to verifying one or more attributes of the user by transmitting multiple decentralized verification notifications to multiple existing users. Upon receiving a verification quorum, a request may be authenticated.
Claims20
A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising computer-readable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- receive, via a request submitted via a graphical user interface (GUI) of a computer system, one or more attributes provided by a user of the computer system;
- receive an indication of an association between the user of the computer system and one or more registered users of the computer system other than the user of the computer system;
- in response to receiving the indication of the association, generate and provide an electronic vouch request to one or more electronic devices associated with at least a portion of the one or more registered users, the electronic vouch request prompting the at least portion of the one or more registered users to confirm at least a portion of the one or more attributes provided by the user;
- when a threshold number of responses to the electronic vouch request indicate confirmation of the one or more attributes, authenticate the request;
- and otherwise, refrain from authenticating the request.
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- receiving, via a request submitted via a graphical user interface (GUI) of a computer system, one or more attributes provided by a user of the computer system;
- receiving an indication of an association between the user of the computer system and one or more registered users of the computer system other than the user of the computer system;
- in response to receiving the indication of the association, generating and providing an electronic vouch request to one or more electronic devices associated with at least a portion of the one or more registered users, the electronic vouch request prompting the at least portion of the one or more registered users to confirm at least a portion of the one or more attributes provided by the user;
- when a threshold number of responses to the electronic vouch request indicate confirmation of the one or more attributes, authenticating the request;
- and
- otherwise, refrain from authenticating the request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.