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

Claim 16:
17. A system for deterring unauthorized access to an account associated with a restaurant online ordering platform 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, comprising:
a server hosting an online ordering application that enables authorized users to place an order of food from the restaurant and pay for the order at the restaurant using one or more of gift certificates issued by the restaurant or loyalty points issued by the restaurant through an account holder computer connected to the server via the Internet;
a data store accessible by the server, the data store having an account database with a plurality of records each having a username associated therewith;
the online ordering application executing on the server to perform a plurality of actions on the server, the plurality of actions comprising:
receiving a user login request from one of the plurality of account holder computers;
identifying a username associated with the received user login request, an internet protocol (IP) address associated with the received user login request, and an account associated with the received login request;
disabling access to the account for a duration of time being at least fifteen minutes and less than sixty minutes (TB) upon receipt of a request to access the account from the IP address, when the number of login requests from different usernames received from the IP address during a period of five minutes or less (TR) immediately prior to the access request is greater than a request threshold B being two.