System and method for identity protection using mobile device signaling network derived location pattern recognition

摘要

A system and method for recognizing patterns in wireless device locations using wireless device location data derived from a communications signaling network is provided. By using wireless network supported signaling operations and messages, location data concerning the whereabouts of wireless devices, and hence wireless device users, may be obtained. The location data derived from the communications signaling network may be statistically analyzed to reveal potential geographic patterns that may indicate meaningful behaviors of the purported users of the wireless devices.

主权项

1. A method for detecting fraud of an entity based on an entity's wireless device location obtained from a communications network, comprising:
obtaining first data from a home location register associated with a home network pertaining to the entity's wireless device based upon a unique identifier of the entity's wireless device, the unique identifier comprising a directory number of the entity's wireless device; obtaining second data from a visitor location register associated with a visited network pertaining to the entity's wireless device based upon the unique identifier of the entity's wireless device, the first data and second data comprising a combination of location data and subscriber data associated with the entity's wireless device, the location data comprising a country code identifier of the directory number; and generating a pattern value based on the first data, based on the second data, and based on a time that at least one of the first data or the second data was obtained, wherein the generated pattern value indicates a likelihood of fraud.