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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2007
Diwakar Gupta, Seattle, WA (US);
Philip Yuen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Chih-jen Huang, Kirkland, WA (US);
Gerald Yuen, Pasadena, CA (US);
Diwakar Gupta, Seattle, WA (US);
Philip Yuen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Chih-Jen Huang, Kirkland, WA (US);
Gerald Yuen, Pasadena, CA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of a system and method for preventing large-scale account lockout are described. The system and method for preventing large-scale account lockout may include an account access control component configured to prevent fraudulent individuals from locking access to user accounts. The account access control component may lock access to an account after a lockout threshold is tripped. To prevent an account from being locked by fraudulent individuals, the account access control component may utilize a warning threshold. When the account access control component detects a number of incorrect authorization attempts equal to the warning threshold, the control component may perform various actions to prevent a fraudulent individual from locking an account holder's account, including, but not limited to, contacting the account holder through a registered communication channel to inform the user that the warning threshold has been reached or placing the account holder's account in a particular hold state.