US 12,169,867 B1
Account vulnerability alerts
Mark Joseph Kapczynski, Santa Monica, CA (US); Michael John Dean, Torrance, CA (US); and Herbert Harris Hunt, III, Irvine, CA (US)
Assigned to ConsumerInfo.com, Inc., Costa Mesa, CA (US)
Filed by ConsumerInfo.com, Inc., Costa Mesa, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/450,272.
Application 18/450,272 is a continuation of application No. 17/443,099, filed on Jul. 20, 2021, granted, now 11,769,200.
Application 17/443,099 is a continuation of application No. 15/999,515, filed on Aug. 20, 2018, granted, now 11,113,759, issued on Sep. 7, 2021.
Application 15/999,515 is a continuation of application No. 13/829,912, filed on Mar. 14, 2013, granted, now 10,102,570, issued on Oct. 16, 2018.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 40/02 (2023.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC G06Q 40/02 (2013.01) [G06F 21/577 (2013.01); H04L 63/083 (2013.01); H04L 63/1433 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer system comprising:
one or more computer processors configured to execute instructions;
a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by the one or more computer processors to cause the computer system to:
obtain, based in part on use of login credentials of a user with respect to a first online account, first account information regarding the first online account of the user, wherein the first account information includes at least one of (a) personal data of the user that is accessible to at least one other user of a first service that maintains the first online account or (b) account security procedures associated with the first online account;
identify a security vulnerability for a second online account based on at least one of (i) a link between the first and second online accounts or (ii) a determination that the personal data compromises one or more account security procedures associated with the second online account;
determine one or more remedial actions that may be taken with respect to one of the first online account or the second online account to address the security vulnerability for the second online account;
monitor at least one of the first or second online accounts to identify a change corresponding to the remedial action;
identify the change based on the monitoring; and
electronically provide the user with a first alert including information indicative of the completion of the remedial action.