Reducing cybersecurity risks when purchasing products over a network
US10846689B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 3, 2017 |
| Grant date | Nov 24, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 3, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W12/64
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer system, computer program product, and method includes detecting a request for sensitive information to be input by a user, determining that a network is a non-secure network, disabling a sensitive user information input function to prevent the user from entering sensitive information over the unsecure network, generating a unique identifier to be displayed on the computer, wherein the user scans the unique identifier with a mobile device to initiate an automatic transaction over a secure network between the mobile device and the computing system, validating the user operating the mobile device and completing the automatic transaction over the secure network with the mobile device rather than over the unsecure network with the computer.
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