Method and system of securing accounts
View Patent ↗A method and system of securing account is provided. When a client computer requests access to an account accessible via a server, the server determines a MAC address associated with the client computer and compares it to a MAC address associated with the account. If the MAC address of the client computer is not the same as the MAC address associated with the account, the server initially denies access to the client computer, but may allow access after verification of the client computer by the user associated with the account.
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores instructions executable by one or more processors to perform a method for enhancing security between a client computer and a software server, the method comprising:
providing a software server;
providing a database, which is accessible by the software server, said database comprising a record associated with an account, said account associated with at least one profile identifier, wherein said account is associated with a geographic area, said software server receives an IP address associated with said client computer, the software server comprises a security protocol, said security protocol indicating 1) which profile identifiers of a client computer must match those on a client account and 2) how many profile identifiers of a client computer must match those on a client account, and the profile identifiers are selected from the group consisting of:
a. CPU serial and/or model number;
b. Motherboard serial and/or model number;
c. Hard Drive serial and/or model number;
d. Admin SSID or UUID provided by the operating system;
e. Manufacturer assigned computer system serial number and/or model number;
f. CD-ROM, DVD-ROM or other internal mass media storage device serial and/or model number;
g. BIOS serial and/or model number;
h. MAC address,
i. Monitor serial and/or model number,
j. RAM serial and/or model number;
k. An universally unique identifier (UUID) or globally unique identifier (GUID) associated with the client computer or a vendor of the client computer,
l. BIOS Manufacturer,
m. BIOS Release Date; and
n. Vendor and Device IDs of all installed PCI devices;
receiving from the client computer, by the software server, at least one profile identifier associated with said client computer;
comparing said at least one profile identifier associated with said client computer to said at least one profile identifier associated with said account;
when said at least one profile identifier associated with said client computer is the same as said at least one profile identifier associated with said account, permitting access to said account;
when said at least one profile identifier associated with said client computer is not the same as said at least one profile identifier associated with said account, communicating with said client computer to determine if access to said account should be permitted;
denying access to said account, if said geographic area associated with said IP address is not the same as said geographic area associated with said account or said at least one profile identifier of said client computer is not the same as said at least one profile identifier associated with said account, and
notifying a law enforcement authority of the IP address and at least one profile identifier of said client computer, if said geographic area associated with said IP address is not the same as said geographic area associated with said account and said at least one profile identifier of said client computer is not the same as said at least one profile identifier associated with said account.
2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein said account is associated with biometric information related to a user.
3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 2 , wherein said software server receives said biometric information from said client computer.