Patent ID: 11924218
Assignee: AVAST SOFTWARE S.R.O.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
detecting an attempt by a user via a computing device to access a service enabled by a computing system via a network;
transmitting via the network to the computing system a first request to access the service in response to detecting the attempt by the user to access the service, the first request comprising at least one empty personally identifiable data structure;
determining a first failure to access the service responsive to the first request;
transmitting via the network to the computing system a second request to access the service in response to the first failure to access the service, the second request comprising artificial personally identifiable information;
determining a second failure to access the service responsive to the second request comprising the artificial personally identifiable information;
querying the user via the computing device for consent to access the service using genuine personally identifiable information of the user in response to determining the second failure to access the service;
receiving from the user via the computing device the consent to access the service using the genuine personally identifiable information of the user;
transmitting via the network to the computing system a third request to access the service in response to receiving from the user the consent to access the service using the genuine personally identifiable information of the user, the third request comprising the genuine personally identifiable information of the user; and
receiving access to the service from the computing system for the user after transmitting the third request via the network to the computing system.