System and method for presenting fraud detection information

Abstract

Systems and methods for presenting fraud detection information are presented. In one example, a computer system analyzes empirical data to detect potentially fraudulent activity and alerts users of the potentially fraudulent activity via a fraud detection user interface. The fraud detection user interface determines a set of user interface components to suitable to present the potentially fraudulent activity and presents facts associated with the potentially fraudulent activity to a user for further analysis and investigation.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 - 24 . (canceled) 
     
     
         25 . A computer-implemented method for presenting information representing a suspect activity, comprising:
 receiving data describing the suspect activity as a plurality of attributes, the plurality of attributes having actual values and expected values; and   presenting, on a user interface of a computer, a representation of differences between actual values and expected values.   
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 25 , wherein the representation of differences includes at least one geometric shape. 
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 26 , wherein:
 at least one of the at least one geometric shapes includes a plurality of concentric circles; and   a value represented by a center of the plurality of concentric circles differs from an actual value represented by any point on a circumference of one of the plurality of concentric circles by a multiple of a standard deviation.   
     
     
         28 . The method of  claim 25 , wherein:
 the representation of differences comprises a plurality of axes, including at least horizontal and vertical axes; and   the plurality of axes indicate a set of potential values for differences between the actual values and the expected values of the attributes.   
     
     
         29 . The method of  claim 28 , wherein the suspect activity comprises the presentation of at least one check, and wherein:
 the vertical axis represents a variance between an actual amount of the check and an expected amount of the check, and   the horizontal axis represents a variance between an actual serial number of the check and an expected serial number of the check.   
     
     
         30 . The method of  claim 29 , further comprising:
 determining the expected amount and expected serial number for the check by referring to a population of authentic checks associated with an account.   
     
     
         31 . The method of  claim 25 , further comprising:
 storing, on a memory of the computer, at least one authentic activity and authentic attribute value, the at least one authentic activity sharing at least one common characteristic with the suspect activity;   wherein:
 the expected values further comprise the authentic attribute values; and 
 presenting the representation of differences comprises presenting a representation of at least one authentic activity sharing one of the at least one common characteristics with the suspect activity, wherein the representation of the at least one authentic activity includes at least one geometric shape. 
   
     
     
         32 . The method of  claim 31 , wherein each of the at least one geometric shapes in the representation of the at least one authentic activities includes a plurality of concentric circles, indicating that a value represented by a center of the circles differs from a value represented by any point on a circumference of one of the plurality of concentric circles by a multiple of a standard deviation. 
     
     
         33 . The method of  claim 25 , wherein the suspect activity comprises the presentation of at least one check. 
     
     
         34 . A computer system for presenting information representing a suspect activity, comprising:
 a user interface;   a memory storing instructions; and   at least one processor for executing the instructions to perform a method comprising:
 receiving data describing the suspect activity as a plurality of attributes, the plurality of attributes having actual values and expected values; and 
 presenting, on the user interface, a representation of differences between actual values and expected values. 
   
     
     
         35 . The system of  claim 34 , wherein the representation of differences includes at least one geometric shape. 
     
     
         36 . The system of  claim 35 , wherein:
 at least one of the at least one geometric shapes includes a plurality of concentric circles; and   a value represented by a center of the plurality of concentric circles differs from an actual value represented by any point on a circumference of one of the plurality of concentric circles by a multiple of a standard deviation.   
     
     
         37 . The system of  claim 34 , wherein:
 the representation of differences comprises a plurality of axes, including at least horizontal and vertical axes; and   the plurality of axes indicate a set of potential values for differences between actual values and expected values of the attributes.   
     
     
         38 . The system of  claim 37 , wherein the suspect activity comprises a presentation of at least one check, and wherein:
 the vertical axis represents a variance between an actual amount of the check and an expected amount of the check, and   the horizontal axis represents a variance between an actual serial number of the check and an expected serial number of the check.   
     
     
         39 . The system of  claim 38 , wherein the method further comprises:
 determining the expected amount and expected serial number for the check by referring to a population of authentic checks associated with an account.   
     
     
         40 . The system of  claim 34 , wherein the instructions further comprise:
 storing, on the memory, at least one authentic activity and authentic attribute value, the at least one authentic activity sharing at least one common characteristic with the suspect activity;   wherein:
 the expected values further comprise the authentic attribute values; and 
 presenting the representation of differences comprises presenting a representation of at least one authentic activity sharing one of the at least one common characteristics with the suspect activity, wherein the representation of at least one authentic activity includes at least one geometric shape. 
   
     
     
         41 . The system of  claim 40 , wherein each of the at least one geometric shape in the representation of the at least one authentic activities includes a plurality of concentric circles, indicating that a value represented by a center of the circles differs from a value represented by any point on a circumference of one of the plurality of concentric circles by a multiple of a standard deviation. 
     
     
         42 . The system of  claim 34 , wherein the suspect activity comprises the presentation of at least one check. 
     
     
         43 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one processor of at least one computer, instruct the at least one processor to perform a method for presenting information representing a suspect activity, the method comprising:
 receiving data describing the suspect activity as a plurality of attributes, the plurality of attributes having actual values and expected values; and   presenting, on a user interface of a computer, a representation of differences between actual values and expected values.   
     
     
         44 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 43 , wherein the method further comprises:
 storing, on a memory, at least one authentic activity and authentic attribute value, the at least one authentic activity sharing at least one common characteristic with the suspect activity;   wherein:
 the expected values further comprise the authentic attribute values; and 
 presenting the representation of differences comprises presenting a representation of at least one authentic activity sharing one of the at least one common characteristics with the suspect activity, wherein the representation of at least one authentic activity includes at least one geometric shape.