Method and device for confirming computer end-user identity
OwnerAvi Turgemaninventor
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Abstract
The identity of an end-user operating a computer is confirmed by analyzing user reactions to aberrations in output. More specifically, an aberration is caused in output that the computer provides to an output device, and the end-user's response to the aberration is received. An end-user characteristic is extracted from the response and compared to stored characteristic responses to find a match. A match is indicative of the identity of the computer user. It can also be checked whether, after causing an aberration in output the end-user responded differently to the output than if the output did not have the aberration. The lack of a different response can be interpreted as indicative that the end-user is a bot.
Claims9
A method of confirming the identity of an end-user interacting with a remote server, using an end-user electronic device, the method comprising:
- a. during an interaction session of said end-user, executed by said end-user via an input unit associated with said end-user electronic device, causing an aberration in output that is displayed upon an output unit of said end-user device,
- wherein said aberration comprises modifying input data from said input unit of said end-user device, resulting in display of said aberration upon said output unit;
- b. receiving an end-user response to the displayed aberration from said input unit of said end-user electronic device;
- c. extracting from said end-user response, a user-specific end-user characteristic that is based on the response of a specific end-user to said displayed aberration;
- and
- d. comparing between the user-specific end-user characteristic extracted from said end-user response;
- with one or more stored characteristic responses that are stored in a database of prior responses of said end-user to displayed aberrations, to find a match;
- e. wherein finding a match using said comparison, is indicative of the identity of the end-user.
An apparatus for confirming the identity of an end-user operating an end-user device, the apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a method which comprises:
- a. during an interaction session of said end-user, executed by said end-user via an input unit associated with said end-user electronic device, causing an aberration in output that is displayed upon an output unit of said end-user device,
- wherein said aberration comprises modifying input data from said input unit of said end-user device, resulting in display of said aberration upon said output unit
- b. receiving an end-user response to the displayed aberration from said input unit of said end-user electronic device;
- c. extracting from said end-user response, a user-specific end-user characteristic that is based on the response of a specific end-user to said displayed aberration;
- and
- d. comparing between the user-specific end-user characteristic extracted from said end-user response;
- with one or more stored characteristic responses that are stored in a database of prior responses of said end-user to displayed aberrations, to find a match;
- e. wherein finding a match using said comparison, is indicative of the identity of the end-user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.