Patent ID: 8831968
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for determining whether a predetermined commercial transaction has taken place by a data center, the method comprising: a) collecting percipient behavior information from a mobile communication device associated with a percipient, the collection of the percipient behavior information being made by a processing device at the data center, wherein the percipient behavior information is related to behavior of the percipient and includes a location of the percipient or a location of the mobile communication device, and wherein collecting the percipient information includes collecting, by at least one biometric sensor, biometric information about a state or condition of the percipient; b) comparing the percipient behavior information to transaction behavior information associated with the predetermined commercial transaction, and based on the comparing, determining a correlation score between details of the percipient behavior information and corresponding details of the predetermined commercial transaction, the determination of the correlation score being made by the processing device at the data center, c) determining from the correlation score a confidence level for whether the predetermined commercial transaction was completed by the percipient, the determination of the confidence level being made by the processing device at the data center.