US 12,120,253 B2Granted

System and method to facilitate an account protection check through blockchain

OwnerSteven Sholtis, Bill Hudson +1inventors

InventorsSteven Sholtis, Bill Hudson, David Hazar

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Abstract

A system and a method are provided for facilitating an account protection check through blockchain. The system and the method allow a service provider to utilize blockchain technology to validate the access request to various accounts. A public key and a private key are generated and recorded by a blockchain ledger that are used to access the accounts. A third-party server of a service provider requests a token from the system before the authentication process. If the credential set is in a locked status or unlocked status, at least one remote server of the system respectively relays an invalidation token or a validation token to the third-party server. If the invalidation token is relayed to the third-party server, the service provider does not go through the authentication process. If the validation token is relayed to the third-party server, the service provider proceeds with the authentication process as standard procedure.

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Dependent claims

A method for facilitating an account protection check through blockchain, the method comprising the steps of:

(A) providing at least one client account managed by at least one remote server, wherein the client account is associated with a corresponding personal computing (PC) device;
(B) providing at least one user account managed by at least one third-party server, wherein the user account is associated with the corresponding PC device, and wherein the user account is associated to the client account;
(C) providing at least one public key managed by at least one blockchain ledger, wherein the public key is a first piece for a set of credentials, and wherein the public key is associated with the client account and the user account, and wherein the public key is either in an unlocked status or a locked status, and wherein the blockchain ledger is managed by a network of computing nodes;
(D) prompting the client account to enter a public credential input for the user account with the corresponding PC device;
(E) relaying the public credential input from the corresponding PC device, through the third-party server, through the remote server, and to the network of computing nodes, if the public credential input is entered by the client account;
(F) granting access to the user account with the third-party server, if the public credential input does match the public key, and if the public key is in the unlocked status;
(G) denying access to the user account with the third-party server, if the public credential input does not match the public key, and if the public key is in the unlocked status;
(H) invalidating access to the user account with the third-party server, if the public credential input does match or does not match the public key, and if the public key is in the locked status;
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(I) recording and verifying steps (F), (G), or (H) with the blockchain ledger.

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Facts

Application: 17/844,646Filed 20 Jun 2022 · continuation in part
Priority: 19 Mar 2020
Published: US 2022/0224688 A16 Oct 2022
Granted: 15 Oct 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

H04L 9/50
Cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communications; Network security protocols: using hash chains, e.g.…
H04L 9/30
Cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communications; Network security protocols: public key, i.e.…
H04L 9/321
Including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system or for message authentication, e.g. authorization, entity…:…
H04L
Digital communication

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Application62/991,990Us provisional application · filed 19 Mar 2020
Application17/207,411Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 19 Mar 2021
Application17/710,738Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 31 Mar 2022
US 2022/0321364 A1Pre-grant publication · published 6 Oct 2022
US 11,615,180 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 12,132,731 B2Related patent
US 2021/0240814 A1Published application
US 2022/0224688 A1Published application
US 12,120,253 B2This patent

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