Social Age Verification Engine
First Claim
1. A method for obtaining parental authorization for a computing resource, the method comprising:
- receiving a request about whether a child user is allowed to access a computing resource, wherein the request is related to an account in a social networking system of the child user;
receiving information identifying an account in the social networking system of a purported parent user of the child user;
determining a first metric indicative of a validity of the purported parent user'"'"'s account, the first metric determined based on information associated with the purported parent user'"'"'s account in the social networking system;
determining a second metric indicative of an existence of a parent-child relationship between the purported parent user and the child user, the second metric determined based on information associated with the purported parent user'"'"'s account and the child user'"'"'s account in the social networking system; and
determining whether a parent-child relationship exists between the purported parent user and the child user based on the first and second metrics.
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Abstract
A social networking system obtains parental authorization from a parent for a child to access a computing resource, where the parent and the child are users of the social networking system. The child user may request the authorization by identifying a purported parent user. The social networking system attempts to verify the validity of the purported parent user'"'"'s account, the age of the user associated with the purported parent'"'"'s account, and/or the existence of a parent-child relationship between users of the accounts associated with the purported parent and the child. The social networking system makes these determinations, at least in part, using social and transactional information associated with the purported parent user'"'"'s account and the child user'"'"'s account in the social networking system. Upon verification of these items, the social networking system may allow the purported parent to provide authorization responsive to the child'"'"'s request to access the computing resource.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for obtaining parental authorization for a computing resource, the method comprising:
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receiving a request about whether a child user is allowed to access a computing resource, wherein the request is related to an account in a social networking system of the child user; receiving information identifying an account in the social networking system of a purported parent user of the child user; determining a first metric indicative of a validity of the purported parent user'"'"'s account, the first metric determined based on information associated with the purported parent user'"'"'s account in the social networking system; determining a second metric indicative of an existence of a parent-child relationship between the purported parent user and the child user, the second metric determined based on information associated with the purported parent user'"'"'s account and the child user'"'"'s account in the social networking system; and determining whether a parent-child relationship exists between the purported parent user and the child user based on the first and second metrics. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for obtaining parental authorization for a computing resource, the method comprising:
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receiving a request about whether a child user is allowed to access a computing resource; identifying a parent user who is the purported parent of the child user; determining that the parent user has a valid account in the computing resource; for a valid account, determining an existence of a parent-child relationship between the parent user and the child user; and for an existing parent-child relationship, requesting authorization from the parent user to grant or deny access for the child user to the computing resource. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A method of obtaining parental authorization for a third party system, the method comprising:
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receiving a request about whether a child user is allowed to access the third party system, wherein the request is related to an account in a social networking system of the child user; identifying a parent user with an account in the social networking system as the purported parent of the child user; determining that the purported parent user of the social networking system has a valid account; determining that the purported parent user is the parent of the child user; requesting the parent user to authorize the child user'"'"'s access to the third party system; receiving a response from the parent user to allow or deny access to the child user; and sending the response to the third party system to grant or deny access to the child user to the third party system. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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