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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 23, 2017
Applicant:

Wells Fargo Bank, N.a., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Christopher P. Clausen, Novato, CA (US);

Jeffrey A. Cornman, San Francisco, CA (US);

David J. Dietrich, Charlotte, NC (US);

Jinee K. Ellis, San Francisco, CA (US);

Chirstopher P. Smith, Omaha, NE (US);

Assignee:

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/0838 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); H04L 9/0863 (2013.01); H04L 9/3226 (2013.01); H04L 61/2015 (2013.01); H04L 63/083 (2013.01); H04L 63/0892 (2013.01); H04L 67/34 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computing system includes a network interface, a customer database, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit receives information indicative of a first purchase by a customer, establish an aspect of the first purchase as a network authentication credential for the customer, receive a first request to connect to the network from a customer device associated with the customer after completion of the first purchase, transmit a first query to the customer device prompting the customer to input information regarding the aspect of the first purchase, receive a customer-input response to the first query, authenticate the first request by determining that the customer-input response to the first query corresponds to the established aspect of the first purchase, and authorize connection of the customer device to the network based at least in part on the first request being authenticated.


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