US 12,462,013 B2
Social account recovery
Vasyl Pihur, Santa Monica, CA (US); Jianping He, Los Angeles, CA (US); Luke Ramsey, Marina del Rey, CA (US); and Benedict Copping, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/109,668.
Application 18/109,668 is a continuation of application No. 16/721,368, filed on Dec. 19, 2019, granted, now 11,609,982.
Prior Publication US 2023/0195879 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 21/45 (2013.01); G06F 21/40 (2013.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/45 (2013.01) [G06F 21/40 (2013.01); H04L 9/085 (2013.01); G06F 21/6272 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2115 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2131 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a server from a user device, a first value computed as a hash of a first key and a user identifier;
determining, by the server, that the first value matches a previously computed value for requesting account recovery access for an account of a user corresponding to the user identifier;
in response to determining, by the server, that the first value matches the previously computed value for requesting account recovery access for the account of the user, enabling an account recovery mode;
receiving, by the server, a first request from a first friend device of a first friend for a first portion of a second key; and
selecting, by the server, a first random point of a line corresponding to the second key, the first random point being exclusively associated with the first friend.