Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Maintaining electronic communications session continuity during session inactivity
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Application No.: US16426636Application Date: 2019-05-30
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Publication No.: US11303649B2Publication Date: 2022-04-12
- Inventor: Jennifer M. Hatfield , Michael Bender , Todd P. Seager , Jeremy R. Fox
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.
- Agent Gail Zarick, Esq.
- Main IPC: G06F9/451
- IPC: G06F9/451 ; H04L29/06 ; G06N20/00

Abstract:
A method, computer program product, and a system where a processor(s) determine that a user of a given computing device has been authenticated to initiate an application session, that the application session is open, and that the application session has a timeout mechanism triggered by inactivity (i.e., the session not receiving a selection within a first predefined period of time). The processor(s) determines that the application session will automatically timeout within a second predefined period of time based on the inactivity. The processor(s) monitors activities of the user during pendency of the application session with the application including physical and computing activities of the user. The processor(s) determines that at least one activity of the activities indicates engagement of the user with the application session. The processor(s) prevent the timeout mechanism from being triggered during a duration of the at least one activity.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200382520A1 MAINTAINING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS SESSION CONTINUITY DURING SESSION INACTIVITY Public/Granted day:2020-12-03
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