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Continual authorization for secured functions

  • US 9,959,539 B2
  • Filed: 04/05/2017
  • Issued: 05/01/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of submitting a purchase request to an online commerce website using a computing device, the method comprising:

  • comparing a cost of the purchase request to a first threshold amount and a second threshold amount, the second threshold amount being greater than the first threshold amount;

    selecting one of multiple types of authentication credentials based on the comparison of the cost of the purchase request;

    receiving a first authentication credential at the computing device;

    determining if the first authentication credential matches a reference authentication credential that is associated with the cost of the purchase request;

    if the first authentication credential matches the reference authentication credential, determining if a first user is authorized to submit the purchase request;

    transmitting the purchase request from the computing device to the online commerce website when the first user is authorized to submit the purchase request; and

    providing a grace period of a given amount of time to receive, by the computing device, at least one additional purchase request having a cost that is less than the second threshold amount;

    whereinat least the operation of comparing the cost of the purchase request to the first threshold amount and the second threshold amount occurs prior to the operation of transmitting the purchase request.

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