US 11,689,531 B2
Dynamic IP address whitelisting
George Chen Kaidi, Singapore (SG)
Assigned to PAYPAL, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by PayPal, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 25, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/912,209.
Prior Publication US 2021/0409411 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/101 (2013.01) [H04L 63/1408 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system related to dynamic Internet Protocol (IP) address whitelisting, the system comprising:
a non-transitory memory; and
one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform operations comprising:
executing a first, the first task comprising:
determining, based on registered account activities corresponding to registered accounts with a service provider, at least one IP address associated with at least one registered account with the service provider; and
adding the at least one IP address to a dynamic whitelist of IP addresses, wherein the IP addresses on the dynamic whitelist of IP addresses are granted greater access to network services of the service provider than IP addresses excluded from the dynamic whitelist;
monitoring, after the at least one IP address has been added to the dynamic whitelist of IP addresses, the at least one registered account for a specified period of time;
determining, based on the monitoring, that the at least one IP address has become inactive; and
executing, after the determining that the at least one IP address has become inactive, a second task, the second task comprising: removing, from the dynamic whitelist, the at least one IP address identified as inactive.