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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:
Aug. 10, 2010

Filed:

May. 31, 2005
Applicants:

Saralyn M. Mahone, Colorado Springs, CO (US);

Matthew J. Gilbert, Columbus, OH (US);

Thomas E. Stepp, Canal Winchester, OH (US);

Arthur L. Springer, Waterloo, IA (US);

John Hans Van Arkel, Colorado Springs, CO (US);

Inventors:

Saralyn M. Mahone, Colorado Springs, CO (US);

Matthew J. Gilbert, Columbus, OH (US);

Thomas E. Stepp, Canal Winchester, OH (US);

Arthur L. Springer, Waterloo, IA (US);

John Hans Van Arkel, Colorado Springs, CO (US);

Assignee:

Verizon Business Global LLC, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An approach provides detection of unauthorized use of data services. A fraud case is created for a data call that is determined to be potentially fraudulent based on a fraud alert. A fraud score is determined for the case according to the fraud alert. The fraud score is adjusted according to adjustment criteria including an intermediate network involved with the data call, and an originating country of the data call.


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