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System and method for securing transactions in a contact center environment

  • US 7,287,692 B1
  • Filed: 07/28/2004
  • Issued: 10/30/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for protecting confidential user information employed in an electronic user transaction comprising:

  • initiating a user transaction in an electronic transactional system employing confidential user information of a user;

    associating with the confidential user information a limited-use indicator indicating a limited use of the confidential user information to produce an authorization indicator;

    transmitting the authorization indicator to a recipient for use in conducting the user transaction;

    receiving an agent identifier of a contact center agent, wherein the agent identifier is provided by a provider to a user device;

    communicating, by the user device to the provider, the agent identifier and the confidential user information; and

    transmitting the authorization indicator to the provider for verifying whether the limited use is met and whether the transaction should therefore be authorized in accordance with the limited use.

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