System and method for verifying user supplied items asserted about the user for searching
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1. A method of verifying registration information, comprising:
- receiving information about a user of a web site, including purported characteristics of the user of the web site for display to other users of the web site, and/or at least one photograph purported to represent the user of the web site for display to the other users of the web site;
providing at least one instruction to the user of the web site requesting the user to pose in a certain manner while causing at least one image to be recorded of the user posing in the certain manner;
receiving the at least one image recorded, either simultaneously with their recording or thereafter;
providing the at least one image to a moderator and at least one of the purported characteristics and/or at least one of the at least one photograph from the information about the user of the web site;
receiving an indication from the moderator whether the at least one image of the user at least correspond to the at least one of the purported characteristics and/or the at least one of the at least one photograph provided to the moderator;
receiving a first request to display information about a plurality of users of the web site who meet a criteria specified as part of the request; and
displaying, responsive to the indication, the information about the user as part of a response to the request.
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Abstract
A system and method validates user supplied photographs and/or characteristics using a video, audio or series of images of the user responding to instructions, and uses such validation in searching and/or matching.
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27 Claims
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1. A method of verifying registration information, comprising:
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receiving information about a user of a web site, including purported characteristics of the user of the web site for display to other users of the web site, and/or at least one photograph purported to represent the user of the web site for display to the other users of the web site; providing at least one instruction to the user of the web site requesting the user to pose in a certain manner while causing at least one image to be recorded of the user posing in the certain manner; receiving the at least one image recorded, either simultaneously with their recording or thereafter; providing the at least one image to a moderator and at least one of the purported characteristics and/or at least one of the at least one photograph from the information about the user of the web site; receiving an indication from the moderator whether the at least one image of the user at least correspond to the at least one of the purported characteristics and/or the at least one of the at least one photograph provided to the moderator; receiving a first request to display information about a plurality of users of the web site who meet a criteria specified as part of the request; and displaying, responsive to the indication, the information about the user as part of a response to the request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system of verifying registration information, comprising:
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a photograph/characteristic receiver having an input for receiving information about a user of a web site, including purported characteristics of the user of the web site for display to other users of the web site, and/or at least one photograph purported to represent the user of the web site for display to other users of the web site, the photograph/characteristic receiver for providing at an output the information about the user of the web site; an instruction manager having an output for providing at least one instruction to the user of the web site requesting the user to pose in a certain manner while causing via the instruction manager output at least one image to be recorded of the user posing in the certain manner; a video/audio/image manager having an input for receiving the at least one image recorded, either simultaneously with their recording or thereafter, the video/audio/image manager for providing at an output the at least one image recorded; a moderator manager having an input coupled to the video/audio/image manager for receiving the at least one image recorded, and to the photograph/characteristic receiver output for receiving the information about the user of the web site, the moderator manager for providing at an output the at least one image for display to a moderator and at least one of the purported characteristics and/or at least one of the at least one photograph from the information about the user of the web site, for receiving from the moderator at the moderator manager input an indication whether the at least one image of the user at least corresponds to the at least one of the purported characteristics and/or the at least one of the at least one photograph provided to the moderator, and for providing at the moderator manager output the indication; and a user interface manager having an input for receiving a request to display information about a plurality of users of the web site who meet a criteria specified as part of the request, and coupled to the photograph/characteristic receiver output for receiving the information about the user of the web site, the user interface manager for providing at an output for display, responsive to the indication, the information about the user as part of a response to the request. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product comprising a nontransitory computer useable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for verifying registration information, the computer program product comprising computer readable program code devices configured to cause a computer system to:
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receive information about a user of a web site, including purported characteristics of the user of the web site for display to other users of the web site, and/or at least one photograph purported to represent the user of the web site for display to the other users of the web site; provide at least one instruction to the user of the web site requesting the user to pose in a certain manner while causing at least one image to be recorded of the user posing in the certain manner; receive the at least one image recorded, either simultaneously with their recording or thereafter; provide the at least one image to a moderator and at least one of the purported characteristics and/or at least one of the at least one photograph from the information about the user of the web site; receive an indication from the moderator whether the at least one image of the user at least correspond to the at least one of the purported characteristics and/or the at least one of the at least one photograph provided to the moderator; receive a first request to display information about a plurality of users of the web site who meet a criteria specified as part of the request; and provide for display, responsive to the indication, the information about the user as part of a response to the request. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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