Communications Device Identity Verification via Intermediary
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Solution Overview
Problem
In the context of electronic transactions, sophisticated fraud techniques using advanced hardware and software platforms in communication devices pose challenges for fraud protection, necessitating effective methods to verify possession and authenticity of these devices.
Innovation Solution
A method involving a communications device that receives an indicator from a client server to identify its carrier, generates a session identifier and resource locator, and transmits these to an identity verifier, allowing the device to establish a directed connection and prove its possession by sharing device-specific identifiers stored in its memory, such as IMSI, IMEI, or ICC ID, to authenticate the user.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional fraud protection methods are used, then implementation is simple, but they are ineffective against sophisticated fraud techniques
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an identity verifier as an intermediary component between the client server and the communications device. This intermediary establishes a directed connection to the device, retrieves device-specific identifiers from the device's memory, and provides verification information to the client server. This intermediary structure enhances fraud protection by adding a specialized verification layer without requiring complex modifications to the existing client server or communications device architecture.
2Reliability
If device-specific identifiers are retrieved from memory, then device authenticity is proven, but security risks increase if identifiers are exposed
Solution Approach 1:
The identity verifier acts as a secure intermediary that directly accesses the communications device's memory to retrieve device-specific identifiers (such as IMEI, IMSI, or other unique identifiers). This intermediary approach ensures that identifiers are obtained through a controlled, authenticated connection rather than being exposed through general network communication. The verifier then transmits only the necessary verification information to the client server, minimizing exposure of sensitive data.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary verification by establishing a directed connection to the communications device before the actual transaction occurs. The identity verifier retrieves and validates device identifiers in advance, confirming the device's authenticity before allowing the client server to proceed with sensitive operations. This preliminary action prevents fraudulent transactions by ensuring device legitimacy is established beforehand.
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AI summary
Briefly, example methods, apparatuses, and/or articles of manufacture may be implemented, in whole or in part, to prove possession of a communications device, such as a mobile communications device. In a particular method, proving possession of a communications device may include receiving, from a client server, an indicator to indicate a communication services carrier servicing the communications device. The method may continue with generating a session identifier and a resource locator to direct the communications device to establish communications with an identity verifier at an address corresponding to the resource locator. The resource locator may be determined based, at least in part, on the indicator received from the client server. The method may additionally include the communications device transmitting one or more identifiers, determined, at least in part, from content stored within, or data derived from, memory of the communications device.