US 12,076,649 B2
Apparatus and methods for simulating authentication within the metaverse
Trish Gillis, Chicago, IL (US); Jennifer Sanctis, Charlotte, NC (US); and Taylor Farris, Hoboken, NJ (US)
Assigned to Bank of America Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Bank of America Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on May 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/750,582.
Prior Publication US 2023/0372830 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. A63F 13/825 (2014.01); A63F 13/5258 (2014.01); A63F 13/79 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/825 (2014.09) [A63F 13/5258 (2014.09); A63F 13/79 (2014.09)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An authentication computer program product for authenticating a user within a metaverse, the computer program product comprising executable instructions, the executable instructions when executed by a processor on a computer system:
receive, from the user, a request to authenticate the user;
determine that the request is legitimate;
create a time-limited avatar overlay;
transmit the time-limited avatar overlay to the user; and
continuously display the time-limited avatar overlay within the metaverse when prompted by the user;
wherein the request is legitimate when the computer program product authenticates the user; and
wherein the avatar overlay is a digital representation visible to a computer and invisible to the user.