Fraud detection employing personalized fraud detection rules

• US 9,569,779 B2
• Filed: 01/17/2013
• Issued: 02/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AirBNB Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Cama, Karl J., Harrison, Daniel T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hamilton, Lalita M
• Application Number:
  US13/743,520
• Publication Number:
  US 20140201077A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,489 Days
• Field of Search: 705/35, 705/38, 705/39, 705/40, 705/64
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/4016 involving fraud or risk level assessment in transaction processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/405 Establishing or using transaction specific rules

Abstract

Detection of fraud in financial transactions is facilitated. A financial transaction is initiated by a user, and based on the financial transaction, information is obtained by an electronic device of the user. Using the information, the electronic device evaluates a set of rules personalized for the user; the set of rules to be used to determine whether the financial transaction is to be approved for the user. The electronic device provides an initial indication, based on the evaluating, of whether the financial transaction is to be approved.

Claims

1. A method of facilitating fraud detection, said method comprising:

based on an initiated payment card transition to be remotely electronically authorized by at least one server of a payment card transaction processing center, the at least one server being at least one computer system, obtaining from a request from the at least one server of the payment card transaction processing center, by a personal electronic device of a user, the personal electronic device comprising a processor, information relating to the initiated payment card transaction;

gathering, by the personal electronic device, personal data of the user accessible by the personal electronic device;

providing, by the personal electronic device, access to the personal data, the access being access by an application installed on the personal electronic device, for use in electronic approval determinations for payment card transactions, wherein the access by the application to the personal data is controlled by privacy rules of the user and comprises the application tracking personalized information for the user, and wherein the personal data remains unknown to the at least one server of the payment card transaction processing center;

evaluating, by the personal electronic device using the obtained information, a set of rules personalized for the user and available on the personal electronic device, the evaluating to determine whether the initiated payment card transaction is to be electronically approved for the user, and the evaluating using the personal data accessible to the personal electronic device and to which the access is provided for determining whether the initiated payment card transaction is to be electronically approved for the user, wherein the application monitors for an inquiry from the processing center, the inquiry comprising the information relating to the initiated payment card transaction, and the application initiates the evaluating based on the monitoring, and wherein the evaluating compares at least some of the information relating to the initiated payment card transaction to at least some of the personal data; and

providing by the personal electronic device, based on the evaluating, and in response to the request by the at least one server of the payment card transaction processing center, an initial indication of whether the initiated payment card transaction is to be electronically approved.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one server to determine whether the initiated payment card transaction is to be electronically approved, and wherein the providing the initial indication of whether the initiated payment card transaction is to be electronically approved provides the initial indication to the at least one server, the at east one server to use the initial indication to determine whether the initiated payment card transaction is to be electronically approved.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

using by the at least one server the initial indication to approve or deny the initiated payment card transaction; and

providing by the at least one server approval or denial for the initiated payment card transaction.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising registering the personal electronic device with the processing center to enable the personal electronic device to receive the information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the initial indication comprises a probability score indicating a probability the initiated payment card transaction is fraudulent.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of rules is unknown to the at least one server, the at least one server to determine based on the initial indication whether the initiated payment card transaction is to be electronically approved.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the personal electronic device is a device of a hierarchy of devices, the hierarchy comprising devices with which contact is attempted to be made in series until the initial indication is received, wherein contact with a next device in the series is attempted based on a previous device in the series being unavailable.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the information relating to the initiated payment card transaction includes one or more of an amount of the initiated payment card transaction, a location of where the initiated payment card transaction is initiated, type of payment card transaction, vendor associated with the initiated payment card transaction, or types of goods or services.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of rules comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of:

at least one personalized rule and personal information obtained by the personal electronic device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the personal data is made available to the personal electronic device separate from the obtained information, and the personal data is automatically obtained by the personal electronic device.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the personal electronic device of the user comprises a mobile computer device.

15. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the set of rules is unknown to the at least one server, the at least one server to determine based on the initial indication whether the initiated payment card transaction is to be electronically approved.

12. A computer program product for facilitating fraud detection, said computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising;

based on an initiated payment card transaction to be remotely electronically authorized by at least one server of a payment card transaction processing center, the at least one server being at least one computer system obtaining from a request from the at least one server of the payment card transaction processing center, by a personal electronic device of a user, the personal electronic device compromising a processor, information relating to the initiated payment card transaction;

gathering, by the personal electronic device, personal data of the user accessible by the personal electronic device;

providing, by the personal electronic device, access to the personal data, the access being access by an application installed on the personal electronic device, for use in electronic approval determinations for payment card transactions, wherein the access by the application to the personal data is controlled by privacy rules of the user and comprises the application tracking personalized information for the user, and wherein the personal data remains unknown to the at least one server of the payment card transaction processing center;

evaluating, by the personal electronic device using the obtained information, a set of rules personalized for the user and available on the personal electronic device, the evaluating to determine whether the initiated payment card transaction is to be electronically approved for the user, and the evaluating using the personal data accessible to the personal electronic device and to which the access is provided for determining whether the initiated payment card transaction is to be electronically approved for the user, wherein the application monitors for an inquiry from the processing center, the inquiry comprising the information relating to the initiated payment card transaction, and the application initiates the evaluating based on the monitoring, and wherein the evaluating compares at least some of the information relating to the initiated payment card transaction to at least some of the personal data; and

providing by the personal electronic device, based on the evaluating, and in response to the request by the at least one server of the payment card transaction processing center, an initial indication of whether the initiated payment d transaction is to be electronically approved.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the at least one server is to determine whether the initiated payment card transaction is to be electronically approved, and wherein the providing the initial indication of whether the initiated payment card transaction is to be electronically approved provides the initial indication to the at least one server, the at least one server to use the initial indication to determine whether the initiated payment card transaction is to be electronically approved.

14. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the initial indication comprises a probability score indicating a probability the initiated payment card transaction is fraudulent.

16. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the set of rules comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of:

at least one personalized rule and personal information obtained by the personal electronic device.

17. A computer system for facilitating fraud detection, said computer system comprising:

a memory; and

a processor in communications with the memory, wherein the computer system is configured to perform a method, said method comprising;

based on an initiated payment card transaction to be remotely electronically authorized by at least one server of a payment card transaction processing center, the at least one server being at least one computer system, obtaining from a request from the at least one server of the payment card transaction processing center, by a personal electronic device of a user, the personal electronic device comprising a processor, information relating to the initiated payment card transaction;

gathering, by the personal electronic device, personal data of the user accessible by the personal electronic device;

providing, by the personal electronic device, access to the personal data, the access being access by an application installed on the personal electronic device, for use in electronic approval determinations for payment card transactions, wherein the access by the application to the personal data is controlled by privacy rules of the user and comprises the application tracking personalized information for the user, and wherein the personal data remains unknown to the at least one server of the payment card transaction processing center;

evaluating, by the personal electronic device using the obtained information, a set of rules personalized for the user and available on the personal electronic device, the evaluating to determine whether the initiated payment card transaction is to be electronically approved for the user, and the evaluating using the personal data accessible to the personal electronic device and to which the access is provided for determining whether the initiated payment card transaction is to be electronically approved for the user, wherein the application monitors for an inquiry from the processing center, the inquiry comprising the information relating to the initiated payment card transaction, and the application initiates the evaluating based on the monitoring, and wherein the evaluating compares at least some of the information relating to the initiated payment card transaction to at least some of the personal data; and

providing by the personal electronic device, based on the evaluating, and in response to the request by the at least one server of the payment card transaction process center, an initial indication of whether the initiated payment card transaction is to be electronically approved.

18. The computer system of claim 17, wherein the at least one server is to determine whether the initiated payment card transaction is to be electronically approved, and wherein the providing the initial indication of whether the initiated payment card transaction is to be electronically approved provides the initial indication to the at least one server, the at least one server to use the initial indication to determine whether the initiated payment card transaction is to be electronically approved.

19. The computer system of claim 17, wherein the obtaining the information relating to the initiated payment card transaction comprises obtaining the information by a plurality of electronic devices, one or more of the plurality of electronic devices providing an initial indication to be used to determine whether the initiated payment card transaction is to be electronically approved.

20. The computer system of claim 17, wherein the set of rules comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of:

at least one personalized rule and personal information obtained by the personal electronic device.