Patent ID: 9558335
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method comprising: (a) receiving, from a user via an electronic device, input representing an attempt to login to an account, the input representing an attempt to login to the account including an attempted password; (b) automatically determining that the attempted password does not match an actual password for the account; (c) determining a proximity score comparing the attempted password to the actual password, wherein the determined proximity score indicates a degree of likelihood that the user who entered the input corresponding to the attempted password is in fact the holder of the account; and (d) increasing, based on the determined proximity score, a number of password attempts allowed; (e) wherein the number of password attempts allowed is increased a variable amount with a higher determined proximity score resulting in a greater increase; (f) wherein determining the proximity score comprises utilizing natural language processing.