Systems and methods for secure authentication of electronic transactions
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US ¡ United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- U S ENCODE CORP
- Publication Date
- 2005-02-24
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable ¡ inactive patent
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Abstract
Description
RELATED APPLICATIONS INFORMATION
[0001] This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60 / 409,422, entitled âAuthentication of Online Transactions,â filed Sep. 9, 2002, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety as if set forth herein.BACKGROUND
[0002] 1. Field of the Inventions
[0003] The field of the invention relates generally to electronic transactions and more particularly to the authentication of such transactions.
[0004] 2. Background Information
[0005] Electronic transactions, including electronic commerce, are becoming more prevalent, fueled of course by increasing Internet use. As the number and type of electronic transactions increase, so to does the need to verify the identity of participants in these transactions. Electronic commerce provides a good example. In a typical electronic commerce scenario, a user uses a web browser running on their computer to access a merchants web page via the Internet. Once the user h...