Verifying A User Of A Computer System
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsChristopher J. Poole, Thomas J. Waterton
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Abstract
A method and system for verifying a user of a computer system are presented. One example comprises observing behavioral characteristics of the user's interactions with the computer system during a current session of computer system usage, the behavioral characteristics being based on command invocation behavioral characteristics. The example further comprises identifying variations between the observed behavioral characteristics and a behavioral profile developed based on prior command invocation behavioral characteristics of the user. A verification procedure for the user to complete to continue the current session is then implemented based on the identified variations between the observed behavioral characteristics and the behavioral profile.
Claims19
A computer-implemented method for verifying a user of a computer system, comprising:
- observing behavioral characteristics of the user's interactions with the computer system during a current session of computer system usage, the behavioral characteristics being based on command invocation behavioral characteristics;
- identifying variations between the observed behavioral characteristics and a behavioral profile developed based on prior command invocation behavioral characteristics of the user;
- and
- implementing a verification procedure for the user to complete to continue the current session, the verification procedure being based on the identified variations between the observed behavioral characteristics and the behavioral profile.
A computer program product for verifying a user of a computer system, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processing unit to cause the processing unit to perform a method comprising:
- observing behavioral characteristics of the user's interactions with the computer system during a current session of computer system usage, the behavioral characteristics being based on command invocation behavioral characteristics;
- identifying variations between the observed behavioral characteristics and a behavioral profile developed based on prior command invocation behavioral characteristics of the user;
- and
- implementing a verification procedure for the user to complete to continue the current session, the verification procedure being based on the identified variations between the observed behavioral characteristics and the behavioral profile.
A system for verifying a user of a computer system, comprising:
- a monitoring component configured to observe behavioral characteristics of the user's interactions with the computer system during a current session of computer system usage, the behavioral characteristics being based on command invocation behavioral characteristics;
- a comparison component configured to identify variations between the observed behavioral characteristics and a behavioral profile developed based on prior command invocation behavioral characteristics of the user;
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- a verification component configured to implement a verification procedure for the user to complete to continue the current session, the verification procedure being based on the identified variations between the observed behavioral characteristics and the behavioral profile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.