Patent ID: 8280348

Claim:
A method for detecting identity theft of an entity based on an entity's wireless device location obtained from a communications network, comprising: obtaining first data from a home network pertaining to the entity's wireless device based upon a unique identifier of the entity's wireless device; obtaining second data from a visited network pertaining to the entity's wireless device based upon the unique identifier of the entity's wireless device; 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 and the second data was obtained, wherein the generated pattern value indicates a likelihood of identity theft and generating the pattern value comprises statistically correlating the data representing the location of the home network and the data representing the location of the visited network with a location of the entity's wireless device; receiving a request for information pertaining to an electronic activity of interest from a transaction entity, wherein the request for information includes at least information identifying the entity; and identifying the unique identifier of the entity's wireless device based on the information identifying the entity.