US 12,118,069 B1
Real-world object-based image authentication method and system
Brian Tougas, Spring Branch, TX (US); William Daniel Farmer, Carrollton, TX (US); Ruthie D. Lyle, Durham, NC (US); Kelly Q. Baker, San Antonio, TX (US); Ryan Thomas Russell, Auburn, WA (US); and Noe Alberto Martinez, San Antonio, TX (US)
Assigned to UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by UIPCO, LLC, San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/191,346.
Application 18/191,346 is a continuation of application No. 17/317,046, filed on May 11, 2021, granted, now 11,704,398.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/022,812, filed on May 11, 2020.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 21/33 (2013.01); G06F 21/36 (2013.01); G06V 10/44 (2022.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 21/33 (2013.01) [G06F 21/36 (2013.01); G06V 10/443 (2022.01); H04L 12/1822 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of authenticating an identity of an individual, the method comprising:
obtaining first image data at a first time from a first computing device associated with a first user, the first image data including the first user and a first real-world object;
executing an object recognition protocol to detect one or more objects in a background of the first image data, the one or more objects including the real-world object;
receiving, from the first user, a selection of the real-world object;
tagging, in response to the selection, the real-world object in the first image data as a verification object token;
receiving, at a second time after the first time, a request for access by a first person to a secured resource associated with the first user;
in response to the request for access and independent of further input from the first person, automatically obtaining second image data that includes the first person and a second real-world object; and
automatically authenticating the first person for access to the secured resource when the second real-world object matches the verification object token.