Method and apparatus to detect fraudulent activities within a network-based auction facility

US8630938B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• eBay Inc. · US

Inventors

• Christine Cheng · Bloomfield Hills, US
• Brenda Won · Sunnyvale, US
• Dheeraj Mohnia · Palo Alto, US
• Ha Nguyen · Miami, US
• Reed Maltzman · San Francisco, US
• Isaac Strack · Saratoga Springs, US
• Noel Morin · Hilo, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 12, 2001
• Grant date: Jan 14, 2014
• Expiry date: May 29, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q40/04
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatuses for detecting fraudulent activities made over a network-based transaction facility using a machine. In responsive to a first event with respect to the network-based transaction facility and initiated under a first user identity from the machine which is coupled to the network-based transaction facility via a network, the method causes a first identifier associated with the first user identity to be stored on the machine. In responsive to a second event with respect to the network-based transaction facility and initiated under a second user identity from the machine, the method causes a detecting of a potentially fraudulent activity by detecting a lack of correspondence between the first identifier stored on the machine and a second identifier associated with the second user identity.