US 11,922,375 B2
Security data points from an electronic message
George Chen Kaidi, Singapore (SG)
Assigned to PayPal, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by PayPal, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/515,403.
Application 17/515,403 is a continuation of application No. 16/658,061, filed on Oct. 19, 2019, granted, now 11,205,156.
Prior Publication US 2022/0116344 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G06Q 10/107 (2023.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 51/04 (2022.01); H04L 51/212 (2022.01); H04L 51/214 (2022.01); H04L 51/48 (2022.01); H04L 51/58 (2022.01)
CPC G06Q 10/107 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/382 (2013.01); G06Q 20/40 (2013.01); G06Q 20/405 (2013.01); H04L 51/04 (2013.01); H04L 51/212 (2022.05); H04L 51/214 (2022.05); H04L 51/48 (2022.05); H04L 51/58 (2022.05); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/1408 (2013.01); G06Q 20/4016 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a processor; and
a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions executable to cause the system to perform operations comprising:
receiving a request to conduct one or more transactions corresponding to an electronic account of a user;
using an IP address tracking mechanism, determining a first internet protocol (IP) address of a computing device based on the user of the computing device accessing an email sent to an email address that is registered to the electronic account of the user,
wherein the email includes the IP address tracking mechanism;
determining if a security threat is present for the one or more transactions, comprising comparing the first IP address with one or more second IP addresses corresponding to one or more electronic accesses of the electronic account; and
based on the comparing indicating that the first IP address does not match at least one of the one or more second IP addresses, implementing a security measure impacting an ability of the electronic account to conduct the one or more transactions,
wherein implementing the security measure comprises approving at least one transaction of the one or more transactions based on determining that the at least one transaction is an electronic monetary transaction under a threshold amount;
wherein determining if the security threat is present is further based on an initial time at which the email was accessed.