Patent ID: 11930005
Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 8:
9. A method for securing electronic communications within a metaverse, the method comprising:
in a registration process:
creating and/or selecting, by a user, at an internet location associated with an enterprise:
a first anti-phish, personalized, security token to verify communications from a predetermined avatar to a predetermined enterprise, said predetermined avatar associated with the user, said predetermined enterprise associated with a virtual kiosk within the metaverse; and
a second anti-phish, personalized, security token to verify communications from the predetermined enterprise to the predetermined avatar; and

storing anti-phish, personalized, security token at a database associated with the enterprise;

in an in-use process:
approaching, by the predetermined avatar, the virtual kiosk within the metaverse, said approaching comprising presenting the first anti-phish, personalized, security token to the virtual kiosk;
verifying, by the virtual kiosk, the first anti-phish, personalized, security token;
generating, at the virtual kiosk, an electronic communication directed to the predetermined avatar;
forwarding the electronic communication from the virtual kiosk to the predetermined avatar;
intercepting the electronic communication at an interface between the virtual kiosk and the predetermined avatar, said interface communicating with the database;
selecting, by the interface, the second anti-phish, personalized, security token;
retrieving, by the interface, the second anti-phish, personalized, security token;
injecting the second anti-phish, personalized, security token into the electronic communication;
communicating the electronic communication, with the injected second anti-phish, personalized, security token, to the predetermined avatar;
receiving a confirmation from the predetermined avatar that the second anti-phish, personalized, security token is valid; and
creating an authenticated session between the predetermined avatar and the virtual kiosk.