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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2020
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Bloomington, IL (US);
Timothy Kramme, Parker, TX (US);
Elizabeth A. Flowers, Bloomington, IL (US);
Reena Batra, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Miriam Valero, Bloomington, IL (US);
Puneit Dua, Bloomington, IL (US);
Shanna L. Phillips, Bloomington, IL (US);
Russell Ruestman, Minonk, IL (US);
Bradley A. Craig, Normal, IL (US);
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Bloomington, IL (US);
Abstract
A method of using browsing activity to identify fraudulent online or virtual applications includes receiving a virtual application over one or more radio frequency links, determining an applicant name on the virtual application, determining an IP address of a source computer from which the virtual application originated, determining an online browsing or search history associated with the IP address, determining whether the online browsing or search history indicates recent Internet searches for the applicant name, and, in response to determining that the online browsing or search history does indicate recent Internet searches for the applicant name, flagging the virtual application as fraudulent and generating an electronic alert indicating that the virtual application is fraudulent to facilitate identifying fraudulent virtual applications for goods or services.