Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus to monitor account credential sharing in communication services
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Application No.: US17735462Application Date: 2022-05-03
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Publication No.: US11785306B2Publication Date: 2023-10-10
- Inventor: Zhengyi Zhou , Olivia Hong , Sanjeev Misra , Deirdre Paul , Appavu Siva Prakasam , Rakhi Seth-Forrest , Ann Eileen Skudlark , Christopher Volinsky
- Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. , Warner Media, LLC
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: Warner Media, LLC
- Current Assignee: Warner Media, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NY New York
- Agency: Guntin & Gust, PLC
- Agent Mark Wilinski
- Main IPC: H04N21/47
- IPC: H04N21/47 ; H04N21/475 ; H04N21/442 ; H04N21/466 ; H04N21/45 ; H04N21/4627 ; H04N21/643 ; H04L61/5007 ; H04L61/5046

Abstract:
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system or method that collects or otherwise accesses information indicating connection patterns such as IP addresses being utilized by communication devices for communication services over a time period, where the communication devices use a same credential of a single account for accessing the communication services. Hubs can be identified according to groups of the communication devices that exhibit a particular sharing pattern such as having used the one or more common IP addresses. A prediction or estimation that the single account is engaging in sharing activity can be made based on an analysis of the hubs, such as based on a number of the hubs. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220264185A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS TO MONITOR ACCOUNT CREDENTIAL SHARING IN COMMUNICATION SERVICES Public/Granted day:2022-08-18
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