US 11,983,722 B1
Systems and methods for fraud liability shifting
Clinton R. Allen, Chandler, AZ (US); Dewi J. Apun, Red Bank, NJ (US); Christopher J. Fletcher, Hove (GB); Jeffrey Fromm, Phoenix, AZ (US); Ashish Gupta, Phoenix, AZ (US); Alois T. Stock, White Plains, NY (US); and Angee Stonehouse, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC., New York, NY (US)
Filed by American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/542,945.
Application 17/542,945 is a continuation of application No. 14/288,096, filed on May 27, 2014, granted, now 11,216,815.
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/36 (2012.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 20/4016 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/36 (2013.01); G06Q 20/363 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer implemented method, comprising:
generating, at an account issuer system, a digital wallet corresponding to an account holder, wherein the digital wallet includes attribute information corresponding to a web-client used by the account holder;
receiving, at the account issuer system from a merchant system, a request to authorize an online transaction, wherein the request includes information corresponding to the account holder;
identifying, at the account issuer system, the digital wallet based on the attribute information corresponding to the account holder;
acquiring, by the account issuer system and using an application programming interface (API), a web-client attribute corresponding to a web-client requesting the online transaction, wherein the web-client attribute is a session attribute or a device attribute;
determining, by the account issuer system, that the web-client attribute does not match the attribute information included in the digital wallet;
in response to determining that the web-client attribute does not match the attribute information included in the digital wallet:
transmitting, by the account issuer system, a challenge prompt to the merchant system for display to the account holder on the web-client;
receiving, by the account issuer system and from the merchant system, challenge answer data responsive to the challenge prompt;
verifying, by the account issuer system, that the challenge answer data satisfies the challenge prompt;
in response to the verifying, transmitting, by the account issuer system, a notification from the account issuer system to the merchant system indicating a shift of financial liability for the online transaction from the merchant system to the account issuer system; and
flagging, by the account issuer system, the online transaction as a transaction where the account issuer system has accepted financial liability.