Bharat · Edition for Examination
IV · Claims & FER response

Not authentication.
A decision.

Inventive step over D1 (US11101993B1)

Same surface — “user behavior.” Different problem, different signals, different output.

FeatureD1 (US11101993B1)Present invention
Core focusAuthentication & authorizationDynamic restriction of payment options at checkout
Data type usedBiometric & behavior signalsTransactional metrics — POD %, rejections, returns, demographics
Stage of applicationBefore login / system accessAt e-commerce checkout, in real time
OutputAccess granted / deniedRestriction or allowance of POD and other payment options
Technical effectSecure access<2s decision latency, >95% fraud accuracy, 40% fewer POD failures
Section 3(k) — technical effect

Implemented on distributed servers, in-memory stream processing, and an event-driven API layer — not a software algorithm in the abstract.

< 2 s
decision latency at checkout
> 95%
fraud classification accuracy
40%
reduction in POD failures
25%
fewer redundant delivery attempts
Amended Claim 1 — modular system

A system for dynamically managing payment options within an e-commerce platform, comprising:

  1. 01

    Data collection module gathering user interaction data from transaction databases, user accounts and external APIs — order details, payment methods, rejections, returns, demographics.

  2. 02

    Integration module consolidating data into a centralized lakehouse for real-time access.

  3. 03

    Preprocessing and feature-engineering module computing behavioral metrics including POD percentage and rejected/returned POD orders per user.

  4. 04

    Predictive ML model trained on historical data to classify high-risk users, applying thresholds such as POD rejection > 30% in last 3 months.

  5. 05

    Real-time decision engine on distributed in-memory servers, evaluating eligibility within < 2 s and dynamically restricting payment options based on risk metrics and ML predictions.

  6. 06

    Application integration layer of APIs and microservices enabling secure, event-driven communication between backend engine and checkout frontend.

  7. 07

    Monitoring and optimization tools — anomaly detection, decision-accuracy, fraud-rate, latency and satisfaction telemetry — with iterative refinement.