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GPS validation for transactions

  • US 8,825,073 B1
  • Filed: 10/31/2006
  • Issued: 09/02/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving a location verification provision initiated by a retail location, wherein the location verification provision is initiated by the retail location based on predetermined criteria and includes a request for a location of a device associated with a user at a time of a transaction, wherein the location verification provision is initiated by the retail location when the user has not completed a prior transaction at the retail location;

    accessing a storage device that is remote from the device associated with the user to obtain the location of the device at the time of the transaction;

    verifying, using a processor associated with a location determination module at a location of the transaction, that the location of the device meets the predetermined criteria, wherein verifying the location of the transaction includes determining if a time associated with the location of the device is within a predetermined time period of the time of the transaction; and

    determining whether the retail location is a virtual retail location or a physical location.

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