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Systems and methods for identifying entities using geographical and social mapping

  • US 10,438,308 B2
  • Filed: 07/05/2016
  • Issued: 10/08/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for identifying one or more entities associated with one or more fraudulent activities, the method comprising:

  • determining, by at least one processor configured to access at least one online network, and from a plurality of locations associated with one or more online activities, one or more geographical regions proximate to the plurality of locations;

    determining, from a system graph and by the at least one processor, connections between one or more identities of a population and a plurality of related entities associated with the one or more identities, wherein the connections are determined based on common relations in the system graph;

    determining geographical information associated with the plurality of related entities;

    determining one or more physical addresses associated with one or more incidents of identity theft;

    weighting, by the at least one processor, one or more metrics for at least a portion of the one or more identities of the population based at least in part on the geographical information associated with the plurality of related entities and the one or more geographical regions proximate to the plurality of locations associated with the one or more activities, wherein the weighting the one or more metrics comprises applying a measure of common connections between the one or more identities and the plurality of related entities based on a distance between the geographical regions proximate to the plurality of locations associated with the one or more activities and the one or more physical addresses associated with one or more incidents of identity theft; and

    outputting, based on the weighting, an indication of a likelihood that the one or more identities of the population are associated with one or more fraudulent activities related to identity theft.

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