System and method for presenting quasi-periodic activity

• US 8,290,845 B2
• Filed: 10/20/2010
• Issued: 10/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fis Financial Compliance Solutions LLC (Fidelity National Information Services Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Fis Financial Compliance Solutions LLC (Fidelity National Information Services Incorporated)
• Inventors: Leibon, Gregory David, Harris, Katherine Beck, Waks, Mark Jeffrey
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Jagdish
• Application Number:
  US12/908,680
• Publication Number:
  US 20120101926A1
• Time in Patent Office: 727 Days
• Field of Search: 705/35, 705/45, 235/376
• US Class Current: 705/35
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes

Abstract

Systems and methods for presenting fraud detection information are presented. In one example, a computer system analyzes empirical data to detect potentially fraudulent activity and alerts users of the potentially fraudulent activity via a fraud detection user interface. The fraud detection user interface determines a set of user interface components to suitable to present the potentially fraudulent activity and presents facts associated with the potentially fraudulent activity to a user for further analysis and investigation.

Claims

1. A system for providing information regarding a suspect activity identified as potentially fraudulent, the system comprising:

a memory storing data describing a plurality of valid activities, each valid activity of the plurality of valid activities having a plurality of attributes, each attribute of each plurality of attributes having a value; and

an interface coupled to the memory and configured to;

receive an indication of the suspect activity;

present a representation of the suspect activity;

present a plurality of representations of valid activities that share at least one common characteristic with the suspect activity; and

present a link between a first representation of the plurality of representations and second representation of the plurality of representations, wherein the first representation represents a first valid activity including at least one first attribute having a quasi-periodically re-occurring value and the second representation represents a second valid activity including at least one second attribute having the quasi-periodically re-occurring value.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the suspect activity includes presentation of a check.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the link includes a line between the first representation and the second representation.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first representation and the second representation each have a shape that is different from other representations of the plurality of representations and the representation of the suspect activity.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein the first representation and the second representation are de-emphasized relative to the other representations and the representation of the suspect activity.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the interface is further configured to present a plurality of axes, each axis of the plurality of axes indicating a set of potential values of an attribute of the suspect activity.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein the suspect activity includes presentation of a check, the check having an amount and a date of presentation and the plurality of axes includes a first axis and a second axis, the first axis indicating a set of potential values for the date of presentation and the second axis indicating a set of potential values for the amount.

8. A computer implemented method for providing information regarding a suspect activity identified as potentially fraudulent, the method comprising:

storing data describing a plurality of valid activities in a memory, each valid activity of the plurality of valid activities having a plurality of attributes, each attribute of each plurality of attributes having a value;

receiving, via an interface, an indication of the suspect activity;

presenting, via the interface, a representation of the suspect activity;

presenting, via the interface, a plurality of representations of valid activities that share at least one common characteristic with the suspect activity; and

presenting, via the interface, a link between a first representation of the plurality of representations and second representation of the plurality of representations, wherein the first representation represents a first valid activity including at least one first attribute having a quasi-periodically re-occurring value and the second representation represents a second valid activity including at least one second attribute having the quasi-periodically re-occurring value.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein receiving, via the interface, the indication of the suspect activity includes receiving an indication of a presentation of a check.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein presenting, via the interface, the link includes presenting a line between the first representation and the second representation.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein presenting, via the interface, a plurality of representations includes presenting the first representation and the second representation with a shape that is different from other representations of the plurality of representations and the representation of the suspect activity.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein presenting the first representation and the second representation includes presenting the first representation and the second representation as de-emphasized relative to the other representations and the representation of the suspect activity.

13. The method according to claim 8, further comprising presenting a plurality of axes, each axis of the plurality of axes indicating a set of potential values of an attribute of the suspect activity.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein receiving, via the interface, the indication of the suspect activity includes receiving an indication of a presentation of a check, the check having an amount and a date of presentation and presenting the plurality of axes includes presenting a first axis and a second axis, the first axis indicating a set of potential values for the date of presentation and the second axis indicating a set of potential values for the amount.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, instruct the at least one processor to perform a method of providing information regarding a suspect activity identified as potentially fraudulent, the method comprising:

storing data describing a plurality of valid activities, each valid activity of the plurality of valid activities having a plurality of attributes, each attribute of each plurality of attributes having a value;

receiving an indication of the suspect activity;

presenting a representation of the suspect activity;

presenting a plurality of representations of valid activities that share at least one common characteristic with the suspect activity; and

presenting a link between a first representation of the plurality of representations and second representation of the plurality of representations, wherein the first representation represents a first valid activity including at least one first attribute having a quasi-periodically re-occurring value and the second representation represents a second valid activity including at least one second attribute having the quasi-periodically re-occurring value.

16. The computer readable medium according to claim 15, wherein the instructions instruct the at least one processor to receive the indication of the suspect activity by receiving an indication of a presentation of a check.

17. The computer readable medium according to claim 15, wherein the instructions instruct the at least one processor to present the link by presenting a line between the first representation and the second representation.

18. The computer readable medium according to claim 15, wherein the instructions instruct the at least one processor to present a plurality of representations by presenting the first representation and the second representation with a shape that is different from other representations of the plurality of representations and the representation of the suspect activity.

19. The computer readable medium according to claim 18, wherein the instructions instruct the at least one processor to present the first representation and the second representation by presenting the first representation and the second representation as de-emphasized relative to the other representations and the representation of the suspect activity.

20. The computer readable medium according to claim 15, wherein the instructions further instruct the at least one processor to perform acts including presenting a plurality of axes, each axis of the plurality of axes indicating a set of potential values of an attribute of the suspect activity.