Email-based authentication for account login, account creation and security for passwordless transactions
AssigneeSwoop IP Holdings LLC
InventorsJohn P. Killoran, Jr., Graham Bass
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AssigneeSwoop IP Holdings LLC
InventorsJohn P. Killoran, Jr., Graham Bass
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A system and method is disclosed for providing vendors an alternative to a password-based security system. The system and method also allows vendors to manage secure transactions by leveraging various message authentication techniques while allowing the vendor full control over related processes such as payment processing and fulfillment. The system and method also monitors message requests from customers for the vendor to guarantee that the communication has not been compromised. Consolidating the authentication of users to their messaging minimizes the need for each individual vendor to maintain their own password for access to a customer account. This eliminates the requirement that customers generate a password thus increasing convenience and decreasing security risks associated with the use of passwords. This decreases risk not only for customer and vendor but also decreases the risk exposure across the internet—as the system scales.
A method for improving security of a computer system by limiting an ability of a user to access a secure webpage utilizing Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), the method comprising:
A system for improving security of a computer system by limiting an ability of a user to access a secure webpage utilizing Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), the system comprising:
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions for improving security of a computer system by limiting an ability of a user to access a secure webpage utilizing Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), the instructions when executed by a processor, cause the processor to execute a method comprising:
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