Abstract: In various embodiments, disclosed are a system and method for authenticating activity associated with a child account as controlled or managed by a parent account. A child-account user can enter a username, or other form of access information, in a child-account device. The username can contain a predetermined identifier in response to which, upon detecting the presence of the predetermined identifier, a third-party website can carry out authentication functions including sending a message to an authentication platform that carries out additional authentication functions, provided that a parent-account device authorizes doing so.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 6, 2015
Date of Patent:
September 19, 2017
Assignee:
ANCHOR ID, INC.
Inventors:
David Waldron Schropfer, David Koplovitz