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

Claim 6:
7. An electronic system comprising a computing device comprising at least one hardware processor and at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to the at least one hardware processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one hardware processor, wherein the programming instructions, when executed, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
detecting an attempt by a user via the 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, the 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 via 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;
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 for the user after transmitting the third request via the network to the computing system.