Patent ID: 11972427
Assignee: SUBWAY IP LLC
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. A method for deterring unauthorized access to an account associated with a restaurant online ordering application operating on a server from an account holder computer configured to receive payment for food ordered from the restaurant in the form of one or more of gift certificates issued by the restaurant or loyalty points issued by the restaurant, the method comprising the steps of:
on the application server, receiving a user login request from one of a plurality of account holder computers;
identifying a username associated with the received user login request, a time associated with the received user login request, and an internet protocol (IP) address associated with the received user login request;
determining a number of prior login requests received from the identified IP address during a duration of time being five minutes or less (TR) prior to the identified time, each of the received login requests having a unique username being different than identified username;
disabling access to the account associated with the identified username for a duration of time TB being at least fifteen minutes and less than sixty minutes when the determined number of received login requests is above a request threshold B being two or less.