Patent ID: 11968195
Assignee: SWOOP IP HOLDINGS LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores instructions for improving security of a computer networking by utilizing Simple Mail Transfer protocol, wherein the instructions when executed by a processor, cause the processor to execute a method, the method comprising:
receiving, via SMTP, a message that requests authentication of a user from a customer device, wherein the message contains a token;
authenticating a sender of the message utilizing at least one DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM), Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance (DMARC), and/or Sender Policy Framework (SPF) protocols;
decoding the token contain in the message to form a decoded token;
conditionally performing additional security checks on the message based on the decoded token, wherein the additional security checks are performed when the decoded token indicates that the message was generated via a copy and paste routine; and
authenticating the user when the sender of the message is authenticated and the additional security checks are successful.