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Hierarchical authentication process and system for financial transactions

  • US 6,907,408 B2
  • Filed: 06/04/2002
  • Issued: 06/14/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of confirming identity of a person who requests to execute a financial transaction using time-based and cost-based hierarchal confirmatory and clearance processes comprising:

  • (a) establishing two or more confirmatory processes from the group of confirming processes including;

    a voice responsive interactive session with said person, having an assigned representative first time and cost factors, and comparing responsive data with a first set of acquired data potentially representative of said person;

    an interactive electronic data session, having an assigned representative second time and cost factors, comparing electronic responsive data from said person with said first set or a second set of acquired data potentially representative of said person;

    acquiring and comparing a third set of acquired data, having an assigned representative third time and cost factors, with data from said person;

    acquiring and comparing further sets of acquired data, each having an assigned corresponding representative further time and cost factors, with data from said person, said nth set of acquired data having one of a higher cost factor or a longer data acquisition factor or both a higher cost factor and a longer data acquisition factor;

    (b) prioritizing said confirmatory processes based upon said time factors and cost factors correlated to a plurality of external factors from the group including a frequency of inquiry for said person, previously acquired data for said person, charge back data for said person, bill payment data for said person, amount of said financial transaction, a communications channel data associated with said person seeking said financial transaction, a communications device utilized by said person seeking to execute said financial transaction, a random selection, and a sampling rate for financial transactions;

    (c) processing said request for said financial transaction from said person with said confirmatory processes based upon said external factors; and

    (d) clearing or rejecting said financial transaction based upon the use of the prioritized and established confirmatory processes.

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