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US 8,510,845 B1Granted
Method and apparatus for monitoring identity misrepresentation by a user on a network
AssigneeSymantec Corporation
InventorMichael Spertus
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for monitoring identity misrepresentation by a user on a network are described. In one example, validated identity information for the user is received from a trusted source. Data exchanged between a network client on a device associated with the user and the network is monitored. An identity misrepresentation by the user is detected based on the validated identity information. A notification of the identity misrepresentation is sent to the trusted source.
Claims17
A method of detecting identity misrepresentation of at least one user on a network, comprising:
- receiving registration information from a trusted source to establish a monitoring account associated with a monitoring service for detecting identity misrepresentation of at least one user seeking to create a new account, wherein the at least one user is not the trusted source;
- responsive to receiving the registration information from the trusted source, receiving validated identity information from the trusted source, wherein the validated identity information is associated with the at least one user, wherein the validated identity information includes at least one identity attribute of the at least one user according to the trusted source;
- responsive to receiving the validated identity information from the trusted source, monitoring data exchanged between a network client via a filter object on a device associated with the at least one user and the network, wherein the filter object is configured to direct the monitored data exchanged to a monitoring control client associated with the monitoring service, and wherein the monitored data comprises identity-related data comprising data associated with web forms configured to elicit identity information from the at least one user seeking to create the new account;
- detecting an identity misrepresentation by the at least one user on the device using the monitoring control client executing on the device, based on comparing the validated identity information from the trusted source with identity-related data directed from the filter object associated with the at least one user seeking to create the new account, wherein detecting the identity misrepresentation comprises:
- detecting, within the monitored data, information indicative of an account login;
- obtaining purported identity information in response to the account login;
- and
- logging the identity misrepresentation for the at least one user if the purported identity information differs from the validated identity information;
- and
- sending a notification of the identity misrepresentation to the trusted source based on the detected identity misrepresentation.
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Apparatus for detecting identity misrepresentation of at least one user on a network, comprising:
- means for receiving registration information from a trusted source to establish a monitoring account associated with a monitoring service for detecting identity misrepresentation of at least one user seeking to create a new account, wherein the at least one user is not the trusted source;
- means for receiving validated identity information from the trusted source, wherein the validated identity information is associated with the at least one user, wherein the validated identity information includes at least one identity attribute of the at least one user according to the trusted source;
- means for monitoring data exchanged between a network client via a filter object on a device associated with the at least one user and the network, wherein the filter object is configured to direct the monitored data exchanged to a monitoring control client associated with the monitoring service, and wherein the monitored data comprises identity-related data comprising data associated with web forms configured to elicit identity information from the at least one user seeking to create the new account;
- means for detecting an identity misrepresentation by the at least one user on the device using the monitoring control client executing on the device, based on comparing the validated identity information from the trusted source with identity-related data directed from the filter object associated with the at least one user seeking to create the new account, wherein the means for detecting the identity misrepresentation comprises:
- means for detecting, within the monitored data, information indicative of an account login;
- means for obtaining purported identity information in response to the account login;
- and
- means for logging the identity misrepresentation for the at least one user if the purported identity information differs from the validated identity information;
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- means for sending a notification of the identity misrepresentation to the trusted source based on the detected identity misrepresentation.
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A system for detecting identity misrepresentation of at least one user on a network, comprising:
- a client for monitoring data exchanged between a network client on a device via a filter object associated with at least one user and the network and obtaining purported identity information by the at least one user, wherein the filter object is configured to identify the purported identity information for use by a parental control client, and wherein the monitored data comprises at least data associated with web forms configured to elicit identity information from the at least one user seeking to create the new account;
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- a service for receiving registration information from a trusted source to establish a monitoring account for detecting identity misrepresentation of the at least one user seeking to create a new account, receiving validated identity information for the user from the trusted source, obtaining the purported identity information from the client, detecting an identity misrepresentation by the user on the device using the parental control client executing on the device, based on comparing the validated identity information based on a comparison between the validated identity information from the trusted source with the purported identity information from the filter object associated with the at least one user seeking to create the new account, and sending a notification of the identity misrepresentation to the trusted source;
- wherein the at least one user is not the trusted source;
- wherein the validated identity information includes at least one identity attribute of the at least one user according to the trusted source;
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- wherein the client is configured to:
- detect, within the monitored data, information indicative of an account login;
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- obtain the purported identity information in response to the account login.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.