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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2015
Applicant:
Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Grand Cayman, KY;
Inventor:
Kai Cao, Hangzhou, CN;
Assignee:
Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Grand Cayman, KY;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/102 (2013.01); G06F 15/16 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for client authentication. The server receives from a client a request for identity authentication corresponding to a user account. A social relationship similarity is computed as a result of matching social relationship data of the client and the stored social relationship data of the user account. If the similarity meets a preset passing condition, the client is allowed to pass the identity authentication.