Target Brands, Inc.

Steve Bennett

Timothy James Hruska

Paul Melson

Andrew Rudge

Nesrin Balioglu

Sahidur Rahman

Vishal Patil

Eduardo Coll

Vijay Krishnamoorthy

Ravindereddy Bandi

Timothy Johnson

Kevin Onken

Saikat Maitra

Dhilli Prasad Nellepalli

Nupur Mungikar

A web server system hosts a website, the website server system being configured to receive a request for web content on the website, generate a response containing the web content, and transmit the response with the web content, receive, from a web security system, deceptive response instructions, modify, in response to receiving the deceptive response instructions, the response to contain different content from web content that has been requested, and transmit, to the client computing device, the response with the different content.

Website security with deceptive responses

Methods and systems for securely transferring and merging an electronic shopping cart curated by an affiliate online service for purchase on a retailer online service is disclosed. The retailer online service provides an anonymous token to the affiliate online service that allows the affiliate online service to curate an anonymous electronic shopping cart for a user that does not include any identifying information that links the user to a guest account of the retailer online service. When the user is redirected from the affiliate online service to the retailer online service, the anonymous token is validated. Upon validation of the anonymous token, the retailer online service obtains identifying information linking the user to the guest account of the retailer online service and obtain a pre-existing electronic shopping cart linked to the guest account. The retailer online service then merges the anonymous electronic shopping cart with the pre-existing electronic shopping cart.

Method and system for secure electronic shopping cart transfer and merge

A computer-implemented method of electronically authenticating an identity of a user of a mobile device is described. The method includes providing a mobile device application that a user can load onto a mobile device having a display screen and an input device, the mobile application permitting the user to electronically authenticate an identity of the user. A server receives authentication credentials from the mobile device. The server compares the authentication credentials as received with account credentials stored in a database accessible to the server. The server, based on the comparing, generates an authentication code in response to the authentication credentials as received matching with account credentials stored in the database. The server causes the application to display on the display screen of the mobile device an option to electronically authenticate using a biometric credential. The server receives a selection indicating acceptance of use of authenticating using the biometric credential.

Secure electronic authentication of a user on an electronic device

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Maple Grove, MN, United States of America

Steve Bennett