Granted Patent B2

US 10,530,786 · App. 16/162,655 · Granted Jan 7, 2020

Inventor: Richard A. Ford (Austin, TX)

Assignee: Forcepoint LLC

H04L63/14H04L9/3239H04L63/1408H04L2209/38

Abstract

Claims (59)

1. A computer-implementable method for generating a cyber behavior profile, comprising:

monitoring electronically-observable user behavior, the electronically-observable user behavior comprising a behavior exhibited by a user that is observed through the use of at least one of an electronic device, a computer system and a software application executing on the computing system;

converting the electronically-observable user behavior user into electronic information representing the user interactions;

generating a user behavior profile based upon the electronic information representing the electronically-observable user behavior;

storing information relating to the user behavior profile within a user behavior profile repository; and,

storing information referencing the user behavior profile in a user behavior distributed transaction database so as to allow the user behavior profile to be accessed via using the information referencing the user behavior profile, the information referencing the user behavior profile comprising an address for referencing the user behavior profile within the user behavior profile repository; and,

reconfiguring the user behavior profile stored within the user behavior repository such that the address for referencing the user behavior profile no longer provides access to the user behavior profile.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

reconfiguring the user behavior profile stored within the user behavior repository such that the information referencing the user behavior profile no longer provides access to the user behavior profile.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the user behavior profile is based upon at least one of an authentication factor and a user identity factor.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the information referencing the user behavior profile is stored within a user profile block of the user behavior distributed transaction database.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein:

the user profile block comprises a transaction payload; and,

the transaction payload includes the address for referencing the user behavior profile within the user behavior profile repository.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein:

the transaction payload comprises executable code, the executable code enabling access to the user behavior profile.

7. A system comprising:

a processor;

a data bus coupled to the processor; and

a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium being coupled to the data bus, the computer program code interacting with a plurality of computer operations and comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for:

monitoring electronically-observable user behavior, the electronically-observable user behavior comprising a behavior exhibited by a user that is observed through the use of at least one of an electronic device, a computer system and a software application executing on the computing system;

converting the electronically-observable user behavior user into electronic information representing the user interactions;

generating a user behavior profile based upon the electronic information representing the electronically-observable user behavior;

storing information relating to the user behavior profile within a user behavior profile repository; and,

storing information referencing the user behavior profile in a user behavior distributed transaction database so as to allow the user behavior profile to be accessed via using the information referencing the user behavior profile, the information referencing the user behavior profile comprising an address for referencing the user behavior profile within the user behavior profile repository; and,

reconfiguring the user behavior profile stored within the user behavior repository such that the address for referencing the user behavior profile no longer provides access to the user behavior profile.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein:

reconfiguring the user behavior profile stored within the user behavior repository such that the information referencing the user behavior profile no longer provides access to the user behavior profile.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein:

the user behavior profile is based upon at least one of an authentication factor and a user identity factor.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein:

the information referencing the unique cyber behavior profile is stored within a user profile block of the user behavior distributed transaction database.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein:

the user profile block comprises a transaction payload; and,

the transaction payload includes the address for referencing the user behavior profile within the user behavior profile repository.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein:

the transaction payload comprises executable code, the executable code enabling access to the user behavior profile.

13. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:

monitoring electronically-observable user behavior, the electronically-observable user behavior comprising a behavior exhibited by a user that is observed through the use of at least one of an electronic device, a computer system and a software application executing on the computing system;

converting the electronically-observable user behavior user into electronic information representing the user interactions;

generating a user behavior profile based upon the electronic information representing the electronically-observable user behavior;

storing information relating to the user behavior profile within a user behavior profile repository; and,

storing information referencing the user behavior profile in a user behavior distributed transaction database so as to allow the user behavior profile to be accessed via using the information referencing the user behavior profile, the information referencing the user behavior profile comprising an address for referencing the user behavior profile within the user behavior profile repository; and,

reconfiguring the user behavior profile stored within the user behavior repository such that the address for referencing the user behavior profile no longer provides access to the user behavior profile.

14. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:

reconfiguring the user behavior profile stored within the user behavior repository such that the information referencing the user behavior profile no longer provides access to the user behavior profile.

15. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein:

the user behavior profile is based upon at least one of an authentication factor and a user identity factor.

16. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein:

the information referencing the unique cyber behavior profile is stored within a user profile block of the user behavior distributed transaction database.

17. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein:

the user profile block comprises a transaction payload; and,

the transaction payload includes the address for referencing the user behavior profile within the user behavior profile repository.

18. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein:

the transaction payload comprises executable code, the executable code enabling access to the user behavior profile.

19. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the computer executable instructions are deployable to a client system from a server system at a remote location.

20. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the computer executable instructions are provided by a service provider to a user on an on-demand basis.

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