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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2011
Applicant:
Kevin M. Raper, Austin, TX (US);
Inventor:
Kevin M. Raper, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/4014 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2133 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for authenticating a user by a service provider includes providing at least one network, providing at least one processor, and using the at least one network and processor to receive user identification data from the user, generate and display to the user a Captcha-like challenge based on at least one previous transaction involving and known by the user and the service provider, receive a response to the challenge from the user, and determine whether the user is authentic based on the response.