IP Library Granted Patent US 7,227,950
Granted Patent B2
US 7,227,950 · App. 10/085,641 · Granted Jun 5, 2007

Distributed quantum encrypted pattern generation and scoring

Assignee: Visa International Service Association
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,227,950
App. No.
10/085,641
Granted
Jun 5, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

Transaction scoring is performed in a distributed manner across a client-server computing system. A computing system for processing a transaction includes a server system and a client system. The server system is arranged to process information associated with the transaction, while the client system communicates with the server system and includes a key engine which is arranged to generate keys. The client system and the server system are arranged to cooperate to assess risk associated with the transaction. The client is arranged to send the keys generated by the key engine as a transaction to the server system.

Claims (37)

1. A method of assessing a financial fraud risk within a distributed client/server system, said method comprising:

receiving first and second financial transactions from transactional information sources at a central computer system;

generating first features for said first financial transaction at said central computer system, said first features including probability information;

generating second features for said second financial transaction at said central computer system, said second features including probability information;

determining feature changes between said first features and said second features at said central computer system;

encrypting said feature changes at said central computer system;

transmitting said encrypted feature changes from said central computer system to a client computer system;

receiving a local, current financial transaction at a client computer system;

encrypting said current transaction at said client computer system;

generating local features from said encrypted current transaction at said client computer system, said local features including probability information;

comparing said local features to said received feature changes at said client computer system; and

scoring the result of said comparing to produce a fraud risk value associated with said local, current financial transaction, whereby the risk associated with said current financial transaction is assessed in a distributed manner.

2. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein said scoring is performed using a risk prediction model.

3. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein said local, current transaction includes at-source data not generally available to said central computer system.

4. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein said first financial transaction, said second financial transaction and said current transaction all relate to the same financial account.

5. A method as recited in claim 1 further comprising:

generating secondary features for said first financial transaction;

generating secondary features for said second financial transaction;

determining secondary feature changes between said secondary features of said first and second financial transactions;

encrypting said secondary feature changes; and

transmitting said encrypted secondary feature changes from said central computer system to said client computer system.

6. A method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:

generating enhanced features as result of said comparing; and

transmitting said enhanced features to said central computer system.

7. A distributed risk assessment system for assessing a financial fraud risk, said system comprising:

a transaction engine that produces first and second financial transactions;

a profiling engine of a central computer system that receives said first and said second financial transactions and generates first features and second features of said financial transactions respectively, said first and second features including probability information;

a clustering engine of said central computer system that stores said first features and said second features into a cluster database;

a replication engine of said central computer system that determines feature changes between said first features and said second features, and encrypts said feature changes;

a database of a client computer system that stores said encrypted feature changes;

a local engine of said client computer system that receives a current transaction, encrypts said current transaction, and generates local features from said current transaction, said local features including probability information, wherein said local engine also compares said local features to said encrypted feature changes and scores the result to produce a fraud risk value associated with said local, current financial transaction, whereby the risk associated with said current financial transaction is assessed in a distributed manner.

8. A system as recited in claim 7 further comprising:

a risk prediction model of said client computer system used to produce said fraud risk value.

9. A system as recited in claim 7 wherein said current transaction includes at-source data not generally available to said central computer system.

10. A system as recited in claim 7 wherein said first financial transaction, said second financial transaction and said current transaction all relate to the same financial account.

11. A system as recited in claim 7 wherein said clustering engine further generates secondary features for said first financial transaction and secondary features for said second financial transaction, and wherein said replication engine further determines secondary feature changes between said secondary features of said first and second financial transactions, and wherein said replication engine further encrypts said secondary feature changes and transmits said encrypted secondary feature changes from said central computer system to said client computer system.

12. A system as recited in claim 7 wherein said local engine of said client computer system further generates enhanced features as result of said comparing and transmits said enhanced features to said central computer system.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 20, 2002
From: FAITH, PATRICK L.; SIEGEL, KEVIN P.
To: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 012910/0414 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 6027221300 · Feb 27, 2001
Related Publication 20020194503A1 · Dec 19, 2002