Prove Identity, Inc.

Payfone, Inc.

Christopher Cunningham

Jeffrey Robert Naujok

Greg Bonin

Michael Colten Brody

Matthew Emmett Brown

Kristin Noelle McClement

Rodger R Desai

Prashant Janakrai Desai

Manish Dalwani

Yekaterina Bardash

Briefly, example methods, apparatuses, and/or articles of manufacture may be implemented to authenticate a communications device via a communications network. One embodiment may include obtaining, via a communications network coupled to a client computing resource, signals indicative of the subscriber identifier. The signals indicative of the subscriber identifier may facilitate computing a contactability metric of a communications device corresponding to the subscriber identifier, wherein the contactability metric is to relate to a likelihood that the communications device can be electronically contacted within a predetermined interval, the contactability metric being computed responsive to obtaining signals from one or more databases accessible to an authenticator, the obtained signals being indicative of an outcome of one or more events, such as determining a type of the communications device, as well as records pertaining to a number of additional signals indicating events that relate to activities of a communications device.

Communications device contactability metric

Briefly, example methods, apparatuses, and/or articles of manufacture are disclosed that may be utilized to bring about accessing a data store to determine that signal packets have been received, via an electronic communications network, from a communications device that is to be verified. The communications device being co-located with a real-world identity. The method may additionally include electronically determining that a subscriber account identifier or a subscriber-unique alias is bound to an account held by the real-world identity and electronically tying the subscriber account identifier or the subscriber-unique alias to the real-world identity in response to electronically verifying the communications device after determining that the signal packets have been received from the communications device and in response to electronically determining that the subscriber account identifier or the subscriber-unique alias is bound to the account held by the real-world identity.

Authenticated communications device to tie real-world and digital identities

Briefly, example methods, apparatuses, and/or articles of manufacture are disclosed that may be implemented, in whole or in part, using one or more computing devices to receive at a server device coupled to a communications network, a first signal indicating that a subscriber of a mobile device has initiated a transaction. The method may continue with accessing a data store to determine occurrence of one or more deterministic events with respect to the mobile device and accessing the data store to determine one or more behavior norms specific to the subscriber with respect to the mobile device. The method may additionally include generating, by the server coupled to the communications network, a second signal indicating an authorization status of the transaction, the authorization status being dependent on the occurrence of the one or more deterministic events in relation to the one or more behavior norms.

Transaction authentication, authorization, and/or auditing utilizing subscriber-specific behaviors

Briefly, example methods, apparatuses, and/or articles of manufacture are disclosed that may be implemented, in whole or in part, using one or more computing devices to facilitate and/or support one or more operations and/or techniques for an identity verification platform, such as implemented, at least in part, via one or more electronic communication networks.

Identity verification platform

Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment, a method and/or system for mobile identity authentication is disclosed. For example, mobile identity authentication may be employed in a variety of situations, including purchases, financial transactions, granted access to accounts, granting access to content, etc.

Identity authentication

A communications management system for implementing a freeze on electronic transactions. For example, a device management system provides a means of preventing the porting of at least one communication device account&#x2014;such as a cellular phone number&#x2014;from one carrier to another through a list of identifiers that include phone numbers, device identifiers, or personal identifiers that have been enrolled in the device management system through an interface by an authorized user. Advantageously, the device management system provides a revision to the existing phone porting architecture and enables fraud detection and prevention.

Systems and methods for porting communication devices

Example methods, apparatuses, and/or articles of manufacture may be implemented to utilize a computing device to receive, from a communications network, a first signal to indicate that a subscriber, such as a subscriber of a mobile communication services carrier, has initiated an electronic transaction. The method may include detecting, utilizing one or more data stores, a record of a transfer of a subscriber account identifier and, in response, determining whether the transfer corresponds to a porting event initiated by a subscriber or initiated by a communication services carrier. The method may further include transmitting at least a second signal on the communications network, in which the at least the second signal indicates authentication, authorization, and/or verification of the electronic or digital transaction responsive to determining whether the transfer corresponds to a porting event initiated by a subscriber or corresponds to an event initiated by a communication services carrier.

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Highlands Ranch, CO, United States of America

Christopher Cunningham