Password protection system and method
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Abstract
A system and method for providing a password to a user on a network, the network having provider computer and a user computer, the provider computer comprising a password system configured to issue a password to a user of the user computer for use in accessing age-restricted content once a determination has been made that the user is age appropriate.
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22 Claims
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4. A password providing system configured to issue a password to a user of the user computer for use in accessing age-restricted content, comprising at least one processor for connection on a network and configured to:
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receive a request for a password from a user computer on the network; receive from a user computer over the network, a still or video image of a user of the user computer, provided by a camera associated with the user computer; receive an image of an identification document having identification information associated with the user of the user computer; display the still or video image and the identification document on a display device associated with the processor, at a location remote from the user computer, to allow an operator at the remote computer to compare the still or video image against the information on the identification document and make a determination from that comparison if the age of the user of the user computer is of appropriate age for receipt of the password; and transmit the password to the user computer upon a determination by the operator that the user of the user computer is of appropriate age for receipt of the password. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A password providing method for issuing a password to a user of the user computer for use in accessing age-restricted content, the method comprising:
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receiving, by at least one processor, a request for a password from a user computer on the network; receiving, by the at least one processor from a user computer over the network, a still or video image of a user of the user computer, provided by a camera associated with the user computer; receiving, by the at least one processor from the user computer over the network, an image of an identification document having identification information associated with the user of the user computer; displaying the still or video image and the identification document on a display device associated with the processor, at a location remote from the user computer, to allow an operator at the remote computer to compare the still or video image against the information on the identification document and make a determination from that comparison if the age of the user of the user computer is of appropriate age for receipt of the password; and transmitting the password to the user computer upon a determination by the operator that the user of the user computer is of appropriate age for receipt of the password. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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