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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2010
Vincent W Talbert, Cockeysville, MD (US);
Thomas H Keithly, Monkon, MD (US);
Daniel a Hirschfeld, Timonium, MD (US);
Mark L Lavelle, Govans, MD (US);
Vincent W Talbert, Cockeysville, MD (US);
Thomas H Keithly, Monkon, MD (US);
Daniel A Hirschfeld, Timonium, MD (US);
Mark L Lavelle, Govans, MD (US);
Ebay, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for completing a transaction between a customer and at least one merchant receives, by a transaction system, an authorization request including customer data and transaction specific data from the merchant, wherein, prior to the authorization request, the customer is unknown to the transaction system; authenticates the customer by the transaction system based at least in part upon at least one of the following: at least a portion of the customer data, at least a portion of the transaction specific data or any combination thereof; authorizes the transaction by the transaction system based at least in part upon at least one of the following: at least a portion of the customer data, at least a portion of the transaction specific data or any combination thereof; and communicates the authorization response to the merchant during the transaction. An apparatus for implementing the method is disclosed.