METHODS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR FACILITATING FORENSIC INVESTIGATIONS OF ONLINE TRANSACTIONS
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving a first identifier associated with an online transaction and a second identifier used by end user equipment involved in the online transaction;
obtaining evidentiary information pertaining to the end user equipment based on the second identifier;
storing in a database a record that associates the first identifier with the evidentiary information; and
retrieving one of (i) the evidentiary information in said record and (ii) the first identifier in response to a request identifying the other of (i) the evidentiary information in said record and (ii) the first identifier.
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Abstract
A method, comprising: receiving a first identifier associated with an online transaction and a second identifier used by end user equipment involved in the online transaction; obtaining evidentiary information pertaining to the end user equipment based on the second identifier; storing in a database a record that associates the first identifier with the evidentiary information; and retrieving one of (i) the evidentiary information in said record and (ii) the first identifier in response to a request identifying the other of (i) the evidentiary information in said record and (ii) the first identifier. Where the online transaction is effected over a network after the end user equipment has gained access thereto, the evidentiary information may include information pertaining to a subscriber whose credentials were used by the end user equipment to gain access to the network. The information pertaining to the subscriber may include personal information about the subscriber. Alternatively, the evidentiary information may include location information.
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36 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving a first identifier associated with an online transaction and a second identifier used by end user equipment involved in the online transaction; obtaining evidentiary information pertaining to the end user equipment based on the second identifier; storing in a database a record that associates the first identifier with the evidentiary information; and retrieving one of (i) the evidentiary information in said record and (ii) the first identifier in response to a request identifying the other of (i) the evidentiary information in said record and (ii) the first identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer-readable medium comprising computer-readable program code which, when interpreted by a transaction management entity, causes the transaction management entity to execute a method, the computer-readable program code comprising:
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first computer-readable program code for causing the transaction management entity to be attentive to receipt of a first identifier associated with an online transaction and a second identifier used by end user equipment involved in the online transaction; second computer-readable program code for causing the transaction management entity to obtain evidentiary information pertaining to the end user equipment based on the second identifier; third computer-readable program code for causing the transaction management entity to store in a database a record that associates the first identifier with the evidentiary information; and fourth computer-readable program code for causing the transaction management entity to retrieve one of (i) the evidentiary information in said record and (ii) the first identifier in response to a request identifying the other of (i) the evidentiary information in said record and (ii) the first identifier.
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24. A system comprising:
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a transaction record database comprising a plurality of records, each of said records relating a respective first identifier associated with an online transaction to respective evidentiary information pertaining to end user equipment involved in the online transaction; and a transaction management entity configured to respond to a request identifying one of (i) a given first identifier associated with a given online transaction and (ii) evidentiary information related by one of said records to a given first identifier by retrieving the other of (i) the given first identifier and (ii) the evidentiary information related thereto. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method of investigating an online transaction associated with a transaction identifier, comprising:
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providing the transaction identifier to a transaction management entity; obtaining from the transaction management entity evidentiary information pertaining to the end user equipment involved in the online transaction associated with the transaction identifier; and comparing the evidentiary information to information associated with a transaction object used to effect the online transaction. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
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33. A method of identifying a suspect potentially responsible for effecting an online transaction associated with a transaction identifier, comprising:
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providing the transaction identifier to a transaction management entity; obtaining from the transaction management entity evidentiary information pertaining to the end user equipment involved in the online transaction associated with the transaction identifier; and identifying as a suspect a party associated with the evidentiary information.
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34. A network entity for participating in an online transaction taking place over a network, comprising:
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a memory; and a processing unit configured to; obtain a transaction identifier associated with an online transaction and a logical identifier associated with end user equipment involved in the online transaction; store in said memory a record that relates said transaction identifier to said logical identifier; and transmit said transaction identifier and said logical identifier over the network to an entity responsible for storing a relationship between the transaction identifier and evidentiary information pertaining to end user equipment involved in said online transaction. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36)
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Specification