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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2023
Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Vasyl Pihur, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Jianping He, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Luke Ramsey, Marina del Rey, CA (US);
Benedict Copping, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for performing operations including: receiving, via a messaging application of a user device, a request to recover access to an account of a user of the messaging application; accessing a first object corresponding to a first key; receiving, from a first friend of the user on the messaging application, a second object corresponding to a first portion of a second key; receiving, from a second friend of the user on the messaging application, a third object corresponding to a second portion of the second key; deriving the second key based on the second and third objects; and recovering access to the account of the user based on the first key and the second key.