Methods and systems for detecting suspicious or non-suspicious activities involving a mobile device use

1. A computer-implemented method of detecting a suspicious activity and/or a non-suspicious activity during an electronic transaction performed by a user device, comprising:

receiving, by a model building component, sample contextual data from one or more sensors of a plurality of user devices, the sample contextual data being captured during transfer of each of the plurality of user devices from one user to another;

training, by the model building component and using the sample contextual data, a machine learning model to identify a transfer of a user device from one user to another;

identifying, by a monitoring and detection component, a starting check point in an electronic transaction using a user device;

receiving, by the monitoring and detection component, contextual data from one or more sensors of the user device;

determining, by the monitoring and detection component and using the trained machine learning model, whether an expected behavior occurred, the expected behavior being a transfer of the user device from a first user to a second user, and the contextual data comprising a post-transfer facial image; and

in response to determining that the expected behavior occurred:

determining, by the monitoring and detection component, whether there is only one face detected in the post-transfer facial image; and

in response to determining that there is only one face detected in the post-transfer facial image, enabling, by the monitoring and detection component, entry of user credentials; or

in response to determining that there are more than one face detected in the post-transfer facial image, disabling, by the monitoring and detection component, entry of user credentials.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sample contextual data comprises at least one or more of: i) vector displacement measurements received from an accelerometer of each of the plurality of user devices, ii) rotation measurements received from a gyroscope and a magnetometer of each of the plurality of user devices, iii) sound measurements received from one or more microphones of each of the plurality of user devices, or iv) image data received from one or more cameras of each of the plurality of user devices.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the contextual data further comprises at least one or more of: i) vector displacement measurements received from an accelerometer of the user device, ii) rotation measurements received from a gyroscope and a magnetometer of the user device, iii) sound measurements received from one or more microphones of the user device, or iv) image data received from one or more cameras of the user device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronic transaction is terminated in response to determining that the expected behavior did not occur within a predetermined time.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the contextual data further comprises a pre-transfer facial image, further comprising:

in response to determining that the expected behavior occurred:

determining, by the monitoring and detection component, whether a first face detected in the pre-transfer facial image is different from a second face detected in the post-transfer facial image; and

in response to determining that the first face is different from the second face, enabling, by the monitoring and detection component, entry of user credentials; or

in response to determining that the first face matches the second face, disabling, by the monitoring and detection component, entry of user credentials.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the starting check point is a point in time at which the monitoring and detection component directs the one or more sensors of the user device to begin transmitting the contextual data.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

identifying an ending check point at which the monitoring and detection component directs the one or more sensors of the user device to halt transmitting the contextual data.

8. A system for detecting a suspicious activity and/or a non-suspicious activity during an electronic transaction performed by a user device, comprising:

one or more processors;

a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:

receiving, by a model building component, sample contextual data from one or more sensors of a plurality of user devices, the sample contextual data being captured during transfer of each of the plurality of user devices from one user to another;

training, by the model building component and using the sample contextual data, a machine learning model to identify a transfer of a user device from one user to another;

identifying, by a monitoring and detection component, a starting check point in an electronic transaction using a user device;

receiving, by the monitoring and detection component, contextual data from one or more sensors of the user device;

determining, by the monitoring and detection component and using the trained machine learning model, whether an expected behavior occurred, the expected behavior being a transfer of the user device from a first user to a second user, and the contextual data comprising a post-transfer facial image; and

in response to determining that the expected behavior occurred:

determining, by the monitoring and detection component, whether there is only one face detected in the post-transfer facial image; and

in response to determining that there is only one face detected in the post-transfer facial image, enabling, by the monitoring and detection component, entry of user credentials; or

in response to determining that there are more than one face detected in the post-transfer facial image, disabling, by the monitoring and detection component, entry of user credentials.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the sample contextual data comprises at least one or more of: i) vector displacement measurements received from an accelerometer of each of the plurality of user devices, ii) rotation measurements received from a gyroscope and a magnetometer of each of the plurality of user devices, iii) sound measurements received from one or more microphones of each of the plurality of user devices, or iv) image data received from one or more cameras of each of the plurality of user devices.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the contextual data further comprises at least one or more of: i) vector displacement measurements received from an accelerometer of the user device, ii) rotation measurements received from a gyroscope and a magnetometer of the user device, iii) sound measurements received from one or more microphones of the user device, or iv) image data received from one or more cameras of the user device.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the electronic transaction is terminated in response to determining that the expected behavior did not occur within a predetermined time.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the contextual data further comprises a pre-transfer facial image and the method further comprises:

in response to determining that the expected behavior occurred:

determining, by the monitoring and detection component, whether a first face detected in the pre-transfer facial image is different from a second face detected in the post-transfer facial image; and

in response to determining that the first face is different from the second face, enabling, by the monitoring and detection component, entry of user credentials; or

in response to determining that the first face matches the second face, disabling, by the monitoring and detection component, entry of user credentials.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method of detecting a suspicious activity and/or a non-suspicious activity during an electronic transaction performed by a user device, the method comprising:

receiving, by a model building component, sample contextual data from one or more sensors of a plurality of user devices, the sample contextual data being captured during transfer of each of the plurality of user devices from one user to another;

training, by the model building component and using the sample contextual data, a machine learning model to identify a transfer of a user device from one user to another;

identifying, by a monitoring and detection component, a starting check point in an electronic transaction using a user device;

receiving, by the monitoring and detection component, contextual data from one or more sensors of the user device;

determining, by the monitoring and detection component and using the trained machine learning model, whether an expected behavior occurred, the expected behavior being a transfer of the user device from a first user to a second user, and the contextual data comprising a post-transfer facial image; and

in response to determining that the expected behavior occurred:

determining, by the monitoring and detection component, whether there is only one face detected in the post-transfer facial image; and

in response to determining that there is only one face detected in the post-transfer facial image, enabling, by the monitoring and detection component, entry of user credentials; or

in response to determining that there are more than one face detected in the post-transfer facial image, disabling, by the monitoring and detection component, entry of user credentials.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the sample contextual data comprises at least one or more of: i) vector displacement measurements received from an accelerometer of each of the plurality of user devices, ii) rotation measurements received from a gyroscope and a magnetometer of each of the plurality of user devices, iii) sound measurements received from one or more microphones of each of the plurality of user devices, or iv) image data received from one or more cameras of each of the plurality of user devices.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the contextual data further comprises at least one or more of: i) vector displacement measurements received from an accelerometer of the user device, ii) rotation measurements received from a gyroscope and a magnetometer of the user device, iii) sound measurements received from one or more microphones of the user device, iv) image data received from one or more cameras of the user device.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the electronic transaction is terminated in response to determining that the expected behavior did not occur within a predetermined time.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the contextual data further comprises a pre-transfer facial image and the method further comprises:

in response to determining that the expected behavior occurred:

determining, by the monitoring and detection component, whether a first face detected in the pre-transfer facial image is different from a second face detected in the post-transfer facial image; and

in response to determining that the first face is different from the second face, enabling, by the monitoring and detection component, entry of user credentials; or

in response to determining that the first face matches the second face, disabling, by the monitoring and detection component, entry of user credentials.