Patent ID: 9603023
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for detecting fraud of an entity based on an entity's wireless device location obtained from a communications network, comprising: obtaining first data from a home location register associated with a home network pertaining to the entity's wireless device based upon a unique identifier of the entity's wireless device, the unique identifier comprising a directory number of the entity's wireless device; obtaining second data from a visitor location register associated with a visited network pertaining to the entity's wireless device based upon the unique identifier of the entity's wireless device, the first data and second data comprising a combination of location data and subscriber data associated with the entity's wireless device, the location data comprising a country code identifier of the directory number; and generating a pattern value based on the first data, based on the second data, and based on a time that at least one of the first data or the second data was obtained, wherein the generated pattern value indicates a likelihood of fraud.