US 12,463,976 B2
Methods and systems for detecting inadvertent unauthorized account access
Parag Bajaria, Cupertino, CA (US); Naveen Teja Jangalapalli, San Jose, CA (US); Maya Neelakandhan, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Venkata Adusumilli, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/735,593.
Application 18/735,593 is a continuation of application No. 17/492,226, filed on Oct. 1, 2021, granted, now 12,041,054.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/087,254, filed on Oct. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0323195 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 16/901 (2019.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01)
CPC H04L 63/102 (2013.01) [G06F 16/9027 (2019.01); G06F 21/604 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a computing device, the method comprising:
recursively identifying roles of first user accounts that permit identities of second user accounts to assume one or more of the roles of the first user accounts;
generating a data structure that associates the first user accounts to identities of the second user accounts, and
presenting information of the data structure in a user interface.