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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2013
Mastercard International Incorporated, Purchase, NY (US);
Debashis Ghosh, Charlotte, NC (US);
Randy Shuken, Westport, CT (US);
Mary Elizabeth Lesbirel, San Francisco, CA (US);
MasterCard International Incorporated, Purchase, NY (US);
Abstract
An authenticating computing device for authenticating a user of a user computing device as a human being. The authenticating computing device comprises a processor configured to receive a request to authenticate a user as human and an identifier associated with at least one of the user and the user computing device. The processor is further configured to retrieve transaction data associated with a payment card account of the user based on the identifier, generate a challenge question based on the transaction data, and generate a plurality of images based on the transaction data. At least one of the plurality of images is a correct image and at least one of the plurality of images is an incorrect image. The processor is further configured to transmit the challenge question and the plurality of images for display on the user computing device.