Patent ID: 7797199
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method comprising: in response to processing a purchase transaction conducted over a communications media, comparing, via a computing device, a shipping address associated with the purchase transaction to a set of prohibited shipping addresses previously identified; in response to a match between the shipping address and one of the set of prohibited shipping addresses, performing, via the computing device, a risk assessment associated with the purchase transaction based on a set of predefined rules; receiving notification from a first merchant about a fraudulent shipping address associated with a purchaser, the fraudulent address included in the set of prohibited shipping addresses; allowing a plurality of merchants to disagree with the notification from the first merchant about the fraudulent shipping address; receiving, via a computing device, a first rating from the purchaser about the first merchant based on perceived correctness of the notification from the first merchant about the fraudulent shipping address; receiving, via the computing device, a second rating from a second merchant of the plurality of merchants about the first merchant based on perceived correctness of the notification from the first merchant about the fraudulent shipping address; and creating a quality rating associated with the notification from the first merchant about the fraudulent shipping address based on disagreement from the plurality of merchants.