Email based e-commerce with QR code barcode, image recognition alternative payment method and biometrics
A system and method implemented in an e-commerce system to facilitate transactions between a customer and a vendor is disclosed. The method includes generating the requested at least one QR code and token, wherein the at least one QR code and token includes at least an email field, transmitting the at least one QR code and token, receiving a response email, wherein the response email includes the token, decoding, the token, performing a validation, and processing the transaction, on a condition that the validation(s) are approved.
1 . A method for improving security of an e-commerce transaction using Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), the method comprising:
receiving, via SMTP, a response email that includes a token from an email address of a sender, wherein the response email is generated in response to a biometric authentication of a particular user;
performing a validation of the email address of the sender using at least one of Sender Policy Framework (SPF) or DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) validation; and
on a condition that the validation of the email address of the sender is successful:
decoding the token received in the response email to generate a decoded token,
identifying an email address of the particular user based on the decoded token, and
processing the e-commerce transaction when the email address of the sender matches the email address of the particular user identified.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the biometric authentication is trigged by scanning a Quick Response (QR) code.
3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the QR code is provided via a Point of Sale (POS) system.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the biometric authentication utilizes a finger print of the particular user.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the biometric authentication triggers sending the response email.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the biometric authentication further triggers generating the response email.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein validating the sender using the at least one of SPF or DKIM comprises determining, based on an SPF check or a DKIM signature verification, whether the response email is authenticated as originating from the email address of the sender.
8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising, in response to determining that the validating is not successful, preventing processing of the e-commerce transaction and storing, in a database, an audit record that identifies the email address of the sender and indicates that the response email failed the SPF validation or the DKIM validation.
9 . A system that improves security of an e-commerce transaction, the system comprising:
a memory;
a communication interface; and
one or more processors that are communicatively coupled to the memory and the communication interface, wherein the one or more processors are collectively configured to:
receive, via SMTP, a response email that includes a token from an email address of a sender, wherein the response email is generated in response to a biometric authentication of a particular user;
performing a validation of the email address of the sender using at least one of Sender Policy Framework (SPF) or DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) validation; and
on a condition that the validation of the email address of the sender is successful:
decode the token received in the response email to generate a decoded token,
identify an email address of the particular user based on the decoded token, and
process the e-commerce transaction when the email address of the sender matches the email address of the particular user identified.
10 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the biometric authentication is trigged by scanning a Quick Response (QR) code.
11 . The system of claim 10 wherein the QR code is provided via a Point of Sale (POS) system.
12 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the biometric authentication utilizes a finger print of the particular user.
13 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the biometric authentication triggers sending the response email.
14 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the biometric authentication further triggers generating the response email.
15 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instruction for utilizing Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) to improve security of an e-commerce transaction, the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to collectively execute a method comprising:
receiving, via SMTP, a response email that includes a token from an email address of a sender, wherein the response email is generated in response to a biometric authentication of a particular user;
performing a validation of the email address of the sender using at least one of Sender Policy Framework (SPF) or DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) validation; and
on a condition that the validation of the email address of the sender is successful:
decoding the token received in the response email to generate a decoded token,
identifying an email address of the particular user based on the decoded token, and
processing the e-commerce transaction when the email address of the sender matches the email address of the particular user identified.
16 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the biometric authentication is trigged by scanning a Quick Response (QR) code.
17 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 wherein the QR code is provided via a Point of Sale (POS) system.
18 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the biometric authentication utilizes a finger print of the particular user.
19 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the biometric authentication triggers sending the response email.
20 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the biometric authentication further triggers generating the response email.