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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2019
Paypal, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Yotam Perkal, Beer-Sheva, IL;
Yuri Shafet, Beer-Sheva, IL;
PayPal, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for mobile emulator determination using sound fingerprinting is disclosed. The method includes a verification computer system receiving a transaction request from a computing device purporting to be a mobile device. Responsive to receiving the request, the verification computer system transmits a request for verification information to the computing device. The verification system includes information regarding a tone to be generated by a speaker of the computing device. Thereafter, verification information is received from the computing device. The verification information includes information tone information generated by the computing device, wherein the tone is, after generation, detected by a microphone. The verification system then verifies, based on the receive verification information, whether the information indicates that the computing device is a mobile device.