Visualization of fraud patterns

US9330416B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• EMC Corporation · US

Inventors

• Alex Zaslavsky · Brookline, US
• Daniel Hassan · Boca Raton, US
• Yafit Levi-Maor · Even Yehuda, IL
• Liron Liptz · Even Yehuda, IL
• Anatoly Gendelev · Rehovot, IL

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 30, 2013
• Grant date: May 3, 2016
• Expiry date: Feb 7, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q40/02
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An improved technique involves identifying other transactions for investigation from entries in a database that involve a particular actor involved in a known fraudulent transaction. From a transaction log listing transactions, a server generates a database of transaction entries which identify transactions from the transaction log, each transaction entry (i) describing an activity and (ii) identifying a set of actors involved in that activity. Based on a known fraudulent transaction involving a particular actor, the server finds a set of transaction entries from the database which involve the particular actor. From the found set of transaction entries, the server identifies other transactions for investigation.