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US 10,742,641 · App. 16/019,142 · Granted Aug 11, 2020

Method, device, and system of accessing online accounts

Inventor: Joel Vidal (Tenafly, NJ)

Assignee: GOOGLE LLC

H04L63/083 G06F21/31 G06Q10/107 G06Q20/405 G06Q40/04 H04L51/12 H04L51/22 H04L63/0838 H04L51/20 H04L51/28

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Patent No.: US 10,742,641
App. No.: 16/019,142
Granted: Aug 11, 2020
Kind: B2

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Abstract

Device, system, and method of accessing electronic mail. For example, a computerized method includes: receiving an identifier of an email account, and a password; if the password matches a first reference password previously stored in association with said email account, then authorizing a substantially full access to said email account; if the password matches a second reference password previously stored in association with said email account, then authorizing a restricted access to said email account.

Claims (85)

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, from a user logged-in to an online account using a first user-selected password, a designation of a second user-selected password for the online account;

receiving (a) an identifier of the online account and (b) a password, during a subsequent login to the online account;

determining that the password matches the second user-selected password associated with the online account;

authorizing a restricted access to the online account;

presenting to the user a user interface for restricted access to the online account comprising a set of components for engaging with the online account in a restricted manner;

counting a number of operations performed by the user with the user interface for restricted access to the online account during the restricted access to the online account;

determining that the number of operations performed by the user with the user interface for restricted access to the online account during the restricted access to the online account has reached a pre-defined number of operations;

and in response to determining that the number of operations performed by the user with the user interface for restricted access to the online account during the restricted access to the online account has reached the pre-defined number of operations, blocking the user from performing additional operations with the user interface for restricted access to the online account during the restricted access to the online account.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the online account comprises an online account selected from the group consisting of:

an electronic mail (email) account,

an online Instant Messaging (IM) account,

an online chat account,

a social network account,

an online gaming account.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein authorizing the restricted access to the online account comprises:

authorizing a read-only access to the online account, which (A) authorizes reading of one or more content items in the online account and (B) un-authorizes composing of one or more new items in the online account.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the online account comprises an online securities account;

wherein authorizing the restricted access to the online account comprises:

authorizing only to view information at the online securities account, and unauthorizing to perform any transactions in the online securities account.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the online account comprises an online securities account; and

wherein authorizing the restricted access to the online account comprises: authorizing only to sell previously-purchased securities, and un-authorizing to purchase any securities.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the online account comprises an online securities account; and

wherein authorizing the restricted access to the online account comprises: authorizing to liquidate one or more financial positions, and un-authorizing to create any new financial positions.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the online account comprises an online Instant Messaging (IM) account; and

wherein authorizing the restricted access to the online account comprises authorizing a restricted access to the Instant Messaging (IM) account.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the online account comprises an online social network account; and

wherein authorizing the restricted access to the online account comprises authorizing a restricted access to the online social network account.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the online account comprises an online gaming account; and

wherein authorizing the restricted access to the online account comprises authorizing a restricted access to the online gaming account.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the online account comprises an online banking account; and

wherein authorizing the restricted access to the online account comprises authorizing a restricted access to the online banking account.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the online account comprises an online trading account for trading at least one of:

stocks, shares, bonds, options, securities, commodities, financial instruments; and

wherein authorizing the restricted access to the online account comprises authorizing a restricted access to the online trading account.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the online account comprises an online banking account;

wherein authorizing the restricted access to the online account comprises authorizing a restricted access to the online banking account; and

wherein the restricted access (A) authorizes to make one or more bill payments, and (B) un-authorizes to performed wire transfers.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the online account comprises a user account at an online merchant; and

wherein authorizing the restricted access to the online account comprises authorizing a restricted access to the user account at the online merchant;

wherein the restricted access (A) authorizes to review previous purchases, and (B) un-authorizes to place new purchases.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the online account comprises a user account at an online merchant;