Systems and methods for authentication notification
AssigneeDesire2Learn Incorporated
InventorBrian PEARSON
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Abstract
A processor implemented method and system for preventing fraudulent transactions between users and vendors. The method includes: receiving, at a server, information relating to a transaction between a user and a vendor, the server receiving the information from at least one vendor transaction processing unit, the server comprising at least one server processor and being coupled to at least one data storage device; locating on the at least one storage device contact information relating to the at least one user, the contact information comprising at least one communications address for at least one customer-registered unit associated with the user; and c) transmitting transaction information to the at least one user-registered unit over the at least one communications network.
Claims14
A system for preventing fraudulent transactions, the system comprising:
- a vendor transaction processing unit coupled to a first communications network, the at least one vendor transaction processing unit configured to:
- perform transactions with users over the first communications network, and transmit information associated with a transaction, wherein the information comprises a user identification (ID) associated with the transaction;
- a verification server having a processor and coupled to a storage device unit, a second communications network and the a vendor transaction processing unit, the server configured to:
- receive the information transmitted by the vendor transaction processing unit, locate a communication address for a user-registered mobile communication device associated with the user ID, and
- transmit transaction information to the user-registered mobile communication device over the second communications network.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.