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Apparatus and method for adaptive fraud screening for electronic commerce transactions

US7058597B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 11, 1999
Grant dateJun 6, 2006
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Expiry dateAug 11, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L69/329
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic commerce system managing sale and distribution of products over the Internet or other type of network. In order to prevent attempts by users to fraudulently obtain the products, system analyzes the information submitted by the users in connection with stored and associated information in an order to determine that likelihood that the order is an attempt at fraud. Based upon the determination, system accepts or declines the order. The system also saves the user-entered information for use in determining whether to accept to decline future orders.

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