Behavioral fingerprinting via inferred personal relation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9298900-B2
Application number	US-201213665830-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 31, 2012
Priority date	Sep 24, 2011
Publication date	Mar 29, 2016
Grant date	Mar 29, 2016

Abstract

Disclosed herein are example embodiments for behavioral fingerprinting via inferred personal relation. For certain example embodiments, at least one indication of personal relation for at least one authorized user may be inferred via at least one user-device interaction, and the at least one indication of personal relation may be incorporated into at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the at least one authorized user, with the at least one behavioral fingerprint including one or more indicators of utilization of one or more user devices by the at least one authorized user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
circuitry for confirming at least one indication of an inferred familial relation associated with at least one user, the familial relation inferred at least partly based on at least one social network interaction;
circuitry for incorporating the at least one indication of an inferred familial relation into at least one behavioral fingerprint associated with the at least one user based at least partly on confirming the at least one indication of an inferred familial relation; and
circuitry for authenticating an identity of a purported authorized user in association with a purchase transaction using a mobile device associated with the at least one user based at least partly on the incorporated at least one indication of an inferred familial relation of the at least one behavioral fingerprint associated with the at least one user, including at least:
circuitry for determining an electronic address for the familial relation based at least partly on the at least one behavioral fingerprint associated with the at least one user;
circuitry for transmitting at least one message to the determined electronic address for the familial relation, the transmitted at least one message requesting confirmation that the purchase transaction using the mobile device is likely associated with the at least one user; and
circuitry for, responsive to at least one message received from the electronic address for the familial relation, authorizing the purchase transaction if the familial relation provides confirmation via the received at least one message that the purchase transaction using the mobile device is likely associated with the at least one user.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein circuitry for confirming at least one indication of an inferred familial relation associated with at least one user, the familial relation inferred at least partly based on at least one social network interaction comprises:
circuitry for obtaining the at least one familial relation associated with at least one user at least partly via the at least one social networking interaction.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein circuitry for authenticating an identity of a purported authorized user in association with a purchase transaction using a mobile device associated with the at least one user based at least partly on the incorporated at least one indication of an inferred familial relation of the at least one behavioral fingerprint associated with the at least one user comprises:
circuitry for detecting one or more electronic requests associated with the mobile device for one or more of delivery of at least one physical good, delivery of at least one virtual good, provision of at least one service, or pick-up of at least one physical good.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein circuitry for confirming at least one indication of an inferred familial relation associated with at least one user, the familial relation inferred at least partly based on at least one social network interaction comprises:
circuitry for accessing at least one social network profile and determining the familial relation between the at least one user and at least one entity associated with the at least one social network profile.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein circuitry for accessing at least one social network profile and determining the familial relation between the at least one user and at least one entity associated with the at least one social network profile comprises:
circuitry for accessing the at least one social network profile and determining the familial relation between the at least one user and one or more of at least one person related to the at least one user or at least one social network group of family members related to the at least one user associated with the at least one social network profile.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein circuitry for confirming at least one indication of an inferred familial relation associated with at least one user, the familial relation inferred at least partly based on at least one social network interaction comprises:
circuitry for accessing at least one social network profile and determining the familial relation between the at least one user and at least one entity associated with the at least one social network profile, the at least one social network profile including at least an indication of the familial relation.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein circuitry for confirming at least one indication of an inferred familial relation associated with at least one user, the familial relation inferred at least partly based on at least one social network interaction comprises:
circuitry for confirming at least one indication of an inferred familial relation associated with at least one user, the familial relation inferred at least partly based on monitoring one or more locations visited by at least one user, including at least receiving one or more geographic coordinates at least partially sensed by at least one GPS receiver of at least one user device associated with the at least one user and obtained at least partly via at least one social network app of the at least one user device.

8. The system of claim 7 , further comprising:
circuitry for detecting a visitation pattern with the one or more locations visited by the at least one user and inferring the familial relation at least partly based on the detected visitation pattern.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein circuitry for confirming at least one indication of an inferred familial relation associated with at least one user, the familial relation inferred at least partly based on at least one social network interaction comprises:
circuitry for confirming the at least one indication of an inferred familial relation associated with the at least one user, the familial relation inferred at least partly based on at least one social network interaction including at least obtaining the familial relation using at least one social network app of at least one user device associated with the user as the at least one social network interaction.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein circuitry for confirming the at least one indication of an inferred familial relation associated with the at least one user, the familial relation inferred at least partly based on at least one social network interaction including at least obtaining the familial relation using at least one social network app of at least one user device associated with the user as the at least one social network interaction comprises:
circuitry for inferring the at least one indication of familial relation based at least partially on at least one recurrence pattern of one or more communications via the at least one user device associated with the user, the at least one recurrence pattern obtained at least partly via the at least one social network app of the at least one user device associated with the user as the at least one social network interaction.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein circuitry for confirming the at least one indication of an inferred familial relation associated with the at least one user, the familial relation inferred at least partly based on at least one social network interaction including at least obtaining the familial relation using at least one social network app of at least one user device associated with the user as the at least one social network interaction comprises:
circuitry for confirming the at least one indication of an inferred familial relation associated with the at least one user, the familial relation inferred at least partly based on at least one social network interaction including at least obtaining, using at least on

Assignees

• Elwha Llc

Inventors

• Davis Marc E
• Dyor Matthew G
• Gerrity Daniel A
• Huang Xeudong
• Hyde Roderick A
• Levien Royce A
• Lord Richard T
• Lord Robert W
• Malamud Mark A
• Myhrvold Nathan P
• Tegreene Clarence T

Classifications

• G06F2221/2111

  Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS · CPC title

• G06F21/316 Primary

  by observing the pattern of computer usage, e.g. typical user behaviour · CPC title