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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2016
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed computer-implemented method for logging users out of online accounts may include (i) receiving, from a first computing device of a user, a request from the user to log into an online account hosted by an online platform, (ii) establishing, between the online platform and a second computing device of the user, a network session that both (a) verifies the identity of the user to the online platform and (b) at least partially disrupts the functionality of the second computing device, (iii) logging the user into the online account via the first computing device, (iv) detecting a request from the user to log out of the online account, and then (v) in response to the request to log out of the online account, (a) restoring full functionality of the second computing device by terminating the network session and (b) logging the user out of the online account.