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Debit card fraud detection and control system
Assignee: Fair Isaac Corp
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Filing: 1996-06-14
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Granted: 1999-03-16
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Expires: 2016-06-14
Abstract
Abstract A computer based system that alerts financial institutions (FIs) to undetected multiple debit card fraud conditions in their debit card bases by scanning and analyzing cardholder debit fraud information entered by financial institution (FI) participants. The result of this analysis is the possible identification of cardholders who have been defrauded but have not yet realized it, so they are "at risk" of additional fraudulent transactions. The system also identifies "at risk" cards in the criminal's possession which have not yet been used. The system's early identification of these "at risk" cardholders helps limit losses to individual FIs and the FI community at large. It also provides the coordinated information necessary to the speedy apprehension of the perpetrators.
Inventors
- 👤 Douglas D. Anderson
- 👤 Mary E. Anderson
- 👤 Carol Oman Urban
- 👤 Richard H. Urban
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 20:58
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07F; G07F7/00; G07F7/08; G06; G06Q; G06Q20/00; G06Q20/08; G06Q20/10; G06Q20/105; G06Q20/38; G06Q20/40; G06Q20/401; G06Q20/4016; G06Q20/403; G06Q30/00; G06Q30/018; G06Q30/0185
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
97 words
A system for detecting unreported financial card fraud from incidences of reported past fraud, comprising: a computer database comprising financial card fraud data reported from a plurality of financial institutions; means for inputting said data into said computer database; means for analyzing said fraud data to determine at least two incidences of reported fraud involving two different financial cards at a particular card machine during a common time period; means for analyzing a segment of a journal for said particular card machine for transactions occurring during said common time period to determine possible instances of unreported fraud.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
97 words
A system for detecting unreported financial card fraud from incidences of reported past fraud, comprising: a computer database comprising financial card fraud data reported from a plurality of financial institutions; means for inputting said data into said computer database; means for analyzing said fraud data to determine at least two incidences of reported fraud involving two different financial cards at a particular card machine during a common time period; means for analyzing a segment of a journal for said particular card machine for transactions occurring during said common time period to determine possible instances of unreported fraud.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
A system for detecting unreported financial card fraud as recited in claim 1 wherein said financial cards comprise magnetic stripe cards.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
A system for detecting unreported financial card fraud, as recited in claim 1 wherein said financial cards comprise debit cards.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
A system for detecting unreported financial card fraud, as recited in claim 1 wherein said common time period is less than an hour.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
41 words
A system for detecting unreported financial card fraud, as recited in claim 1 further comprising means for analyzing said fraud data to determine reported fraudulent transactions involving two different financial cards which occurred close in time within a same geographic region.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
100 words
A method for detecting unreported financial card fraud from incidences of reported past fraud, comprising the steps of: inputting into a computer database financial card fraud data reported from a plurality of financial institutions; analyzing said fraud data to determine at least two incidences of reported fraud involving two different financial cards at a particular card machine during a common time period; analyzing a segment of a journal for said particular card machine for transactions occurring during said common time period to determine possible instances of unreported fraud; and reporting to said financial institution said possible instances of unreported fraud.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
100 words
A method for detecting unreported financial card fraud from incidences of reported past fraud, comprising the steps of: inputting into a computer database financial card fraud data reported from a plurality of financial institutions; analyzing said fraud data to determine at least two incidences of reported fraud involving two different financial cards at a particular card machine during a common time period; analyzing a segment of a journal for said particular card machine for transactions occurring during said common time period to determine possible instances of unreported fraud; and reporting to said financial institution said possible instances of unreported fraud.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method for detecting unreported financial card fraud, as recited in claim 6 wherein said financial cards comprise magnetic stripe cards.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method for detecting unreported financial card fraud, as recited in claim 6 wherein said financial cards comprise debit cards.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
101 words
A method for detecting a point of compromise in an electronic financial network from incidences of past reported financial card fraud, comprising the steps of: selecting a sample of known counterfeit financial cards involved in fraudulent transactions; requesting transaction records for a selected time period from all financial institutions whereat each of said known counterfeit financial cards in said sample was used; mapping a path of each transaction to identify each node in said electronic financial network that said each transaction passed through; and determining common ones of said nodes to determine a point of compromise in said electronic financial network.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
101 words
A method for detecting a point of compromise in an electronic financial network from incidences of past reported financial card fraud, comprising the steps of: selecting a sample of known counterfeit financial cards involved in fraudulent transactions; requesting transaction records for a selected time period from all financial institutions whereat each of said known counterfeit financial cards in said sample was used; mapping a path of each transaction to identify each node in said electronic financial network that said each transaction passed through; and determining common ones of said nodes to determine a point of compromise in said electronic financial network.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method for detecting financial card fraud, as recited in claim 9 wherein said financial cards comprise magnetic stripe cards.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method for detecting financial card fraud, as recited in claim 9 wherein said financial cards comprise debit cards.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method for detecting a point of compromise in an electronic financial network as recited in claim 9 wherein said selected time period is at least three months.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method for detecting a point of compromise in an electronic financial network as recited in claim 9 further comprising the step of canceling financial cards which conducted a transaction through said point of compromise.
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