US 12,010,117 B1
Methods and systems for authentication of new users
Corinne Schuster, San Antonio, TX (US); Gabriel Carlos Fernandez, San Antonio, TX (US); and Ameer A. Noorani, San Antonio, TX (US)
Assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/396,204.
Application 17/396,204 is a continuation of application No. 15/983,711, filed on May 18, 2018, granted, now 11,122,038.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/508,258, filed on May 18, 2017.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01)
CPC H04L 63/0876 (2013.01) [G06F 16/9535 (2019.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising computer-readable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
receive, via a request submitted via a graphical user interface (GUI) of a computer system, one or more attributes provided by a user of the computer system;
receive an indication of an association between the user of the computer system and one or more registered users of the computer system other than the user of the computer system;
in response to receiving the indication of the association, generate and provide an electronic vouch request to one or more electronic devices associated with at least a portion of the one or more registered users, the electronic vouch request prompting the at least portion of the one or more registered users to confirm at least a portion of the one or more attributes provided by the user;
when a threshold number of responses to the electronic vouch request indicate confirmation of the one or more attributes, authenticate the request; and otherwise, refrain from authenticating the request.