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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2010
Michael E. Graves, Redwood City, CA (US);
Peter E. Frank, Redwood City, CA (US);
Thane Plambeck, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gregory R. Whitehead, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Michael E. Graves, Redwood City, CA (US);
Peter E. Frank, Redwood City, CA (US);
Thane Plambeck, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gregory R. Whitehead, Menlo Park, CA (US);
VeriSign, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A buyer () wishes to use a payment instrument as part of an online commerce transaction with a seller () and it is desired to authenticate that the buyer () has authority to use the payment instrument. A separate authentication service () determines whether the buyer () has access to certain secret information without revealing the secret information to the seller (). Access to the secret information would verify that the buyer () has authority to use the payment instrument. The authentication service () informs the seller () whether the buyer () is authorized to use the payment instrument.