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US 2026/0281727 A1Published application
Linking of communications device subscriber identifiers for fraud detection
AssigneeProve Identity, Inc.
InventorRyan Alexander
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Abstract
Briefly, example methods, apparatuses, and/or articles of manufacture may be implemented to detect and/or prevent fraud that involves a communications device. The method may include transmitting, from a client computing resource to an authenticator, a subscriber identifier suspected of participating in a first fraudulent transaction. The method may further include obtaining, from the authenticator, one or more subscriber identifiers previously or subsequently assigned to the communications device by a communication services carrier.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- obtaining, from a client computing resource, a first subscriber identifier currently assigned to a communications device;
- determining whether a link exists between the first subscriber identifier and one or more subscriber identifiers previously or subsequently assigned to the communications device;
- and
- transmitting, to the client computing resource, the one or more subscriber identifiers previously or subsequently assigned to the communications device;
- wherein the first subscriber identifier was assigned to the communications device at a first time;
- wherein the one or more subscriber identifiers previously or subsequently assigned to the communications device include a second subscriber identifier that was assigned to the communications device at a second time, the second time occurring before the first time;
- and
- wherein the one or more subscriber identifiers previously or subsequently assigned to the communications device include a third subscriber identifier that was assigned to the communications device at a third time, the third time occurring after the first time.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor coupled to at least one memory device adapted to:
- obtain, from a client computing resource, a first subscriber identifier currently assigned to a communications device;
- detect a link between the first subscriber identifier and one or more subscriber identifiers previously or subsequently assigned to the communications device;
- and
- transmit, to the client computing resource, the one or more subscriber identifiers previously or subsequently assigned to the communications device;
- wherein the first subscriber identifier was assigned to the communications device at a first time;
- wherein the one or more subscriber identifiers previously or subsequently assigned to the communications device include a second subscriber identifier that was assigned to the communications device at a second time, the second time occurring before the first time;
- and
- wherein the one or more subscriber identifiers previously or subsequently assigned to the communications device include a third subscriber identifier that was assigned to the communications device at a third time, the third time occurring after the first time.
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An article comprising:
- one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media including instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform steps of:
- obtain, from a client computing resource, a first subscriber identifier currently assigned to a communications device;
- detect a link between the first subscriber identifier and one or more subscriber identifiers previously or subsequently assigned to the communications device;
- and
- transmit, to the client computing resource, the one or more subscriber identifiers previously or subsequently assigned to the communications device;
- wherein the first subscriber identifier was assigned to the communications device at a first time;
- wherein the one or more subscriber identifiers previously or subsequently assigned to the communications device include a second subscriber identifier that was assigned to the communications device at a second time, the second time occurring before the first time;
- and
- wherein the one or more subscriber identifiers previously or subsequently assigned to the communications device include a third subscriber identifier that was assigned to the communications device at a third time, the third time occurring after the first time.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.