Patent ID: 11900394
Assignee: GEN DIGITAL INC.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 12:
13. A server comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising one or more computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the server to perform a method for location-based anomaly detection based on geotagged digital photographs, the method comprising:
identifying a completed transaction associated with a user, wherein the completed transaction is a financial transaction between the user and a third party;
determining a transaction geographic location and a transaction time period associated with the completed transaction;
identifying a mobile device associated with the user;
identifying one or more geotagged digital photographs taken by the mobile device, wherein the mobile device includes a global positioning system (GPS) receiver that identifies photograph geographic locations for each of the one or more geotagged digital photographs;
extracting the photograph geographic locations from each of the one or more geotagged digital photographs and determining threshold distances from each of the photograph geographic locations;
determining that the transaction geographic location is not within a threshold distance of the photograph geographic locations of the one or more geotagged digital photographs; and
performing a remedial action, wherein performing the remedial action includes:
presenting an alert on the mobile device informing the user of the suspicious transaction,
presenting an option on the mobile device for the user to undo the suspicious transaction, or
marking the completed transaction as being suspicious on a display of the mobile device.