Patent ID: 11968171
Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC G  H

Claim 15:
16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions, that in response to execution by one or more hardware processors, causes the one or more hardware processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a first user device, a request to engage in an electronic transaction;
determining that the first user device is associated with a first Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) network address, a first set of hardware characteristics, and a first set of software characteristics, wherein the first IPv6 network address includes a first unique key that identifies the first user device;
determining that a second user device that had been approved to engage in the electronic transaction previously is associated with a second Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) network address, a second set of hardware characteristics, and a second set of software characteristics, wherein the second IPv6 network address includes a second unique key that identifies the second user device;
evaluating a risk of approving the request from the first user device at least in part by:
comparing the first unique key with the second unique key;
comparing the first set of hardware characteristics with the second set of hardware characteristics; and
comparing the first set of software characteristics with the second set of software characteristics; and

approving or denying the request from the first user device based on the evaluating.