Automated e-commerce authentication method and system
AssigneeThe Dun & Bradstreet Corporation
InventorJames Michael Shumpert
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Abstract
A computer system and method that authenticates a business partner fully automatically in response to a request from a user. The computer system is interconnected via network with a user device operated by the user and a partner device operated by the business partner. Identifying data of the business partner is provided on a standard template that has a data format that is compatible with the data handling capability of the computer system. The identifying data of the business partner is matched to a data record of a business entity contained in a business database. Selected data attributes of the data record are processed according to an authentication policy to determine authenticity.
Claims18
A method for authenticating a business partner in response to a request of a user comprising:
- (a) providing an identity of said business partner;
- (b) matching said identity of said business partner to a business that is one of a plurality of businesses for which a data record is stored in a business database;
- and
- (c) processing one or more data attributes of said data record with at least one business according to a set of authentication rules to determine if said business partner is authentic.
A computer system for authenticating a business partner in response to a request of a user comprising:
- means for providing an identity of said business partner;
- matching means for matching said identity of said business partner to a business that is one of a plurality of businesses for which a data record is stored in a business database;
- and
- processing means for processing one or more data attributes of said data record with at least one business according to a set of authentication rules to determine if said business partner is authentic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.