Patent ID: 8983868
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for conducting a purchase transaction, comprising: receiving, using one or more computing devices, a request to purchase an item using a user device associated with an account of a user; determining, using the one or more computing devices, a geographic location of the user device when the request to purchase was made; determining, using the one or more computing devices, whether the location of the user device when the request was made is an unexpected location of the user; responsive, using the one or more computing devices, to the determined location being an unexpected location of the user, calculating a score based on social networking information of the user, the score representing a likelihood of the user being at the determined location; responsive to the score being above a threshold, determining that the user is likely at the determined location; and based at least on the determination that the user is likely at the determined location, processing, using the one or more computing devices, the purchase request.