Visa International Service Association

Aditya Srivastava

Craig O'Connell

Kevin E Wong

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and systems for utilizing the history of previous authentications and authorizations related to third party computers, as factors in determining whether a current request for accessing a resource should be authorized. A processor server computer, in determining whether to authorize access to the resource, may generate and send a query message to one or more of the third party computers to obtain authorization activity that the third party computers may have regarding a user and/or a device associated with the request. The processor server computer may use the authorization activity from the third party computers in determining whether the request is an authentic request and that the request should be authorized.

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Foster City, CA, United States of America

Aditya Srivastava