Systems and methods for accessing records via derivative locators

• US 10,417,637 B2
• Filed: 01/29/2015
• Issued: 09/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The 41st Parameter, Inc. (Experian plc)
• Original Assignee: The 41st Parameter, Inc. (Experian plc)
• Inventors: Eisen, Ori
• Primary Examiner(s): Zeender, Florian M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Buchanan, Christopher R
• Application Number:
  US14/609,388
• Publication Number:
  US 20150294316A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,692 Days
• Field of Search: 705 30
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2322 using timestamps
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/245 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/4016 involving fraud or risk level assessment in transaction processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/02 Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance credit or loans G06Q40/03
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/10 Tax strategies
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for accessing records using derivative locators. An open financial transaction may be initiated by a consumer at a merchant. The merchant may provide information relating to the transaction, which may include information about the consumer'"'"'s device, to a repository. The merchant may provide transaction information to the acquiring bank, which may provide transaction to the global financial network, which may provide transaction information to an issuing bank. One or more requesting party (e.g., one or more of the acquiring bank, global financial network, or issuing bank) may formulate a derivative locator based on the transaction information received. The derivative locator may function as an index through which records in the repository may be accessed by the requesting party. A time comparison may be made in assisting with accessing the correct record in the repository. The requesting party may determine whether to accept or decline the transaction, optionally with the aid of the information accessed from the repository.

Claims

1. A method of providing fraud indicators, the method comprising:

receiving, by a computer processor of a fraud detection server, an encrypted transaction data packet comprising first transaction information associated with a financial transaction verification standard from a transaction processing computing server for an open transaction, the encrypted transaction data packet comprising a first timestamp and the first transaction information comprising shared transaction specific information available to a plurality of servers including at least the fraud detection server, a remote financial server, and the transaction processing computing server, wherein the shared transaction specific information is a subset of the transaction information and the shared transaction specific information is communicated from one computing server to another computing server in the plurality of servers to process the open transaction in accordance with the financial transaction verification standard;

formulating, by the computer processor of the fraud detection server, a first derivative locator based on the first transaction information, wherein the first derivative locator encodes at least a portion of the shared transaction specific information;

linking, by the computer processor of the fraud detection server, an electronic transaction record describing the open transaction with the first derivative locator and the first timestamp;

storing, by the computer processor of the fraud detection server, the linked electronic transaction record, the first derivative locator, and the first time stamp in a repository;

receiving, by the computer processor of the fraud detection server, a request for the electronic transaction record from the remote financial server, wherein the request comprises a second encrypted transaction data packet comprising a second timestamp and second transaction information having the shared transaction specific information;

determining, by the computer processor of the fraud detection server, a second derivative locator associated with the request, wherein the second derivative locator is formed based at least partly on second transaction information associated with the financial verification standard communicated from the transaction processing computing server to the remote financial server;

searching, by the computer processor of the fraud detection server, the repository using the second derivative locator to find a matching first derivative locator; and

in response to a determination that the first derivative locator is the same as the second derivative locator;

determining, by the computer processor of the fraud detection server, a difference between the second timestamp and the first timestamp corresponding to the electronic transaction record; and

in response to a determination that the difference between the first timestamp and the second timestamp is within a threshold value;

receiving, by the computer processor of the fraud detection server, electronic records from the repository corresponding to the first derivative locator and the first time stamp, the records comprising the electronic transaction record describing the open transaction and one or more automated fraud analysis indicators associated with one or more of the records, the one or more automated fraud analysis indicator generated using device information in a plurality of records aggregated from multiple sources over time and including an indication of a likelihood that the open transaction is associated with a fraudulent device; and

returning, by the computer processor of the fraud detection server, the electronic transaction record and the one or more automated fraud analysis indicators to the remote financial server.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the derivative locator is formulated based on a credit card number used in the open transaction and a transaction amount from the open transaction.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the derivative locator includes only transaction information for the open transaction that is transmitted to an issuing bank.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

capturing, by the computer processor of the fraud detection server, a request timestamp after receiving the second transaction information and prior to searching the repository; and

comparing, by the computer processor of the fraud detection server, the request timestamp with the first timestamp in the repository corresponding to the first derivative locator.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising determining the electronic transaction record is unrelated to the first transaction information if the difference in time between the first timestamp and the second timestamp exceeds a predetermined time threshold.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising assessing a likelihood of fraud based on the electronic records received from the repository.

7. The method claim 6 wherein the open transaction is not completed if the likelihood of fraud exceeds a predetermined level.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing at least some of the transaction information to the repository, and storing the transaction information as electronic records within the repository.

9. A system for providing an indicator of fraud, the system comprising:

a fraud detection server configured to establish a connection with a plurality of network servers over a network, the plurality of network servers comprising a transaction processing computing server and a remote financial server;

a data store configured to store computer-executable instructions; and

a processor in communication with the data store, the processor, when executing the computer-executable instructions, configured to;

receive an encrypted transaction data packet comprising a first transaction information associated with a financial transaction verification standard from the transaction processing computing server for an open transaction, the encrypted transaction data pack comprising a first timestamp and the first transaction information comprising shared transaction specific information available to a plurality of servers including at least the fraud detection server, the remote financial server, and the transaction processing computing server, wherein the shared transaction specific information is a subset of the transaction information and the shared transaction specific information is communicated from one computing server to another computing server in the plurality of servers to process the open transaction in accordance with the financial transaction verification standard;

formulate a first derivative locator based on the first transaction information, the first derivative locator formulated based on transaction information between a user device and a merchant, the derivative locator encoding at least a portion of the transaction information;

link an electronic transaction record describing the open transaction with the first derivative locator and the first timestamp;

store the linked transaction record, the first derivative locator and the first timestamp in a repository;

receive a request for the electronic transaction record from the remote financial server, the request comprising a second encrypted data packet comprising a second timestamp and second transaction information having the shared transaction specific information;

determine a second derivative locator associated with the request, wherein the second derivative locator is formed based at least partly on second transaction information associated with the financial verification standard communicated from the transaction processing computing device to the remote financial server;

search the repository using the second derivative locator to find a matching first derivative locator; and

in response to a determination that the first derivative locator is the same as the second derivative locator;

determine a difference between the second timestamp and the first timestamp corresponding to the electronic transaction record; and

in response to a determination that the difference between the first timestamp and the second timestamp is within a threshold value;

receive electronic records from the repository corresponding to the first derivative locator and the first timestamp, the records comprising the electronic transaction record describing the open transaction and one or more automated fraud analysis indicators associated with one or more of the records, the one or more automated fraud analysis indicators generated based on device information in a plurality of records aggregated from multiple sources over time and includes an indication of a likelihood that a fraudulent device is involved in the open transaction;

return the electronic transaction record and the one or more automated fraud analysis indicators to the remote financial server.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the derivative locator is formulated based only on transaction information for the open transaction that is transmitted to an issuing bank.

11. The system of claim 9 wherein the derivative locator is formulated based on a credit card number, debit card number, or pre-paid card number used in the open transaction and a transaction amount for the open transaction.

12. The system of claim 9 wherein the processor further determines whether to approve or not approve the open transaction based on the one or more automated fraud analysis indicators.

13. The system of claim 9 wherein the one or more automated fraud analysis indicators includes a reputation score for the user device.

14. The system of claim 9 wherein the records received from the repository include information provided by at least one other merchant.

15. A non-transitory computer storage having stored thereon a computer program, the computer program comprising executable instructions that instruct a computer system to at least:

receive, by a computer processor of a fraud detection server, an encrypted transaction data packet comprising first transaction information associated with a financial transaction verification standard from a transaction processing computing server for an open transaction, the encrypted transaction data packet comprising a first timestamp and the first transaction information comprising shared transaction specific information available to a plurality of servers including at least the fraud detection server, a remote financial server, and the transaction processing computing server, wherein the shared transaction specific information is a subset of the transaction information and the shared transaction specific information is communicated from one computing server to another computing server in the plurality of servers to process the open transaction in accordance with the financial transaction verification standard;

formulate, by the computer processor of the fraud detection server, a first derivative locator based on the first transaction information, the first derivative locator encoding at least a portion of the shared transaction specific information;

link, by the computer processor of the fraud detection server, an electronic transaction record describing the open transaction with the first derivative locator and the first timestamp;

store, by the computer processor of the fraud detection server, the linked electronic transaction record, the first derivative locator, and the first time stamp in a repository;

receive, by the computer processor of the fraud detection server, a request for the electronic transaction record from the remote financial server, wherein the request comprises a second encrypted transaction data packet comprising a second timestamp and second transaction information having the shared transaction specific information;

determine, by the computer processor of the fraud detection server, a second derivative locator associated with the request, the second derivative locator formed based at least partly on second transaction information associated with the financial verification standard communicated from the transaction processing computing device to the remote financial server;

search, by the computing processor of the fraud detection server, the repository using the derivative locator to find a matching first derivative locator; and

in response to a determination that the first derivative locator is the same as the second derivative locator;

determine, by the computer processor of the fraud detection server, a difference between the second timestamp and the first timestamp corresponding to the electronic transaction record; and

in response to a determination that the difference between the first timestamp and the second timestamp is within a threshold value;

receive, by the computer processor of the fraud detection server, electronic records from the repository corresponding to the first derivative locator and the first time stamp, the records comprising the electronic transaction record describing the open transaction and one or more automated fraud analysis indicators associated with one or more of the records, the one or more automated fraud analysis indicator generated using device information in a plurality of records aggregated from multiple sources over time and including an indication of a likelihood that the open transaction is associated with a fraudulent device; and

return, by the computer processor of the fraud detection server, the electronic transaction record and the one or more automated fraud analysis indicators to the remote financial server.

16. The non-transitory computer storage of claim 15 wherein the first derivative locator is formulated based on credit card number, debit card number, or pre-paid card number used in the open transaction and a currency amount from the open transaction.

17. The non-transitory computer storage of claim 15 wherein the repository stores records from a plurality of sources.

18. The non-transitory computer storage of claim 17 wherein the plurality of sources are a plurality of merchants with whom a user device participating in the open transaction has had previous transactions.

19. The non-transitory computer storage of claim 18 wherein the one or more automated fraud analysis indicators includes a reputation score for the user device formulated based on the previous transactions.

20. The non-transitory computer storage of claim 19, wherein the computer processor is further configured to:

compare the reputation score with a predetermined threshold; and

determine whether to approve the open transaction based on whether the reputation score exceeds the predetermined threshold.