Methods and systems for validating mobile devices of customers via third parties
AssigneeThe Western Union Company
InventorsAbhinav Gupta, Bernard McManus, Don McNelley
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AssigneeThe Western Union Company
InventorsAbhinav Gupta, Bernard McManus, Don McNelley
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A method for authenticating a mobile device in real-time. The method includes detecting the mobile device, sending a text message containing a unique uniform resource locator (“URL”) to the mobile device, and detecting an access of the unique URL by the mobile device through a first communication path. In response to detecting the access of the unique URL, requesting and subsequently receiving, by the host system in real-time, a phone number and a subscriber identification ID associated with the mobile device through a second communication path distinct from the first communication path, and a device fingerprint of the mobile device through the first communication path. The method further includes initiating a risk analysis based on the phone number, the subscriber ID, and the device fingerprint and determining an authentication status of the mobile device based on the risk analysis.
A method comprising:
A system comprising:
One or more machine-readable storage devices for storing machine-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processing devices, cause the one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising:
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