METHOD OF AUTHENTICATION ANONYMOUS USERS WHILE REDUCING POTENTIAL FOR "MIDDLEMAN" FRAUD
Patent №
US 6,944,765
Granted
2005-09-13
Filed 1999
Owner
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, A DELAWARE CORPORATION
Lab
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AI components
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evo
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
09468557
A method of authenticating anonymous users while reducing potential for “middleman” fraud includes the step of constructing a puzzle in response to information received from a software user. The puzzle includes the received information. The puzzle is sent to the user by a software provider. The user solves the puzzle and returns the solution to the provider. The puzzle includes a portion of a value derived from an encrypted “cookie” and an exponentiation of the derived value. The cookie includes information about the user.
AI classification
Ownership
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, A DELAWARE CORPORATION
assignment · 106510857
Assignors
ROSE, GREGORY G., HAWKES, PHILIP
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.