Transaction Validation by Location Based Services (LBS)
A commercial transaction is associated with a current location of a wireless device having location services enabled at the time of the transaction. The current location is compared to an entry in a database of associated merchants accepting transactions to the locations that they handle such transactions. If a match in location is found, the transaction may be validated. If the wireless device registered as the device of the person believed to be conducting the transaction is not at an expected or acceptable location at the time of the transaction, then the transaction may be flagged for possible fraudulent activity. At the time of the transaction, a software location based services (LBS) trigger is initiated to request validation of the transaction based on the wireless device's current location.
1 . A method of validating a commercial transaction, comprising:
receiving a request to validate a given transaction between a registered possessor of a wireless device and a merchant;
obtaining a current position of said wireless device that has location services enabled;
comparing said current position of said wireless device to an expected location or religion relating to said merchant; and
returning a validation response to said request, said validation response relating to validation of said given transaction, when said comparison results in an appropriate match.
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