ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,626,012, issued on May 12, was assigned to Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Philadelphia).
"User identification system and method for fraud detection" was invented by Ryan Van Antwerp (Glen Mills, Pa.) and James Bradley Hein (King of Prussia, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for identifying potential identity fraud by tracking a user's typical communication patterns. If a new communication is received from someone who purports to be a trusted user, but the communication exhibits communication traits that are not typical for the user, additional identity fraud prevention steps may be taken...