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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2013
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Nathan D. Fontenot, Georgetown, TX (US);

Jeffrey D. George, Austin, TX (US);

Ryan P. Grimm, Austin, TX (US);

Joel H. Schopp, Austin, TX (US);

Michael T. Strosaker, Austin, TX (US);

George C. Wilson, Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1441 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the invention relate to implementation of an intermediate trusted state of an electronic account based upon questionable account communication(s). A profile of malicious or unauthorized activity is created, and a profile of account activity is created. As account activity takes place, the activity is assessed against one or both of the profiles to statistically determine if the activity resembles that associated with malicious or unauthorized intent. The state of the account is placed in the intermediate trusted state if the activity statistically matches the unauthorized activity profile. An authentication activity enables the trusted state to be removed and for the account activity to resume.


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