Patent ID: 9275228
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for online fraud prevention comprising: monitoring state information of a first and a second device, both of which are associated with a single user, the state information indicating whether or not the device associated with the respective state information has been active on an Internet domain; and during a multi-factor authentication procedure which utilizes at least the second device for authorizing a transaction by the Internet domain, participating in a supplemental security procedure that comprises sending information about the monitored state information of the first device to the second device; wherein for a case in which the sent information about the monitored state information of the first device indicates that the user has entered identifying user information at the Internet domain via the first device within a prescribed period of time, the supplemental security procedure comprises checking authenticity of an application on the second device or of an application for which there is an installation link on the second device.