Systems for Verifying Person's Identity through Person's Social Circle Using Person's Photograph

• US 20130073975A1
• Filed: 09/20/2011
• Published: 03/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Go Daddy Operating Company LLC (GoDaddy, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Go Daddy Group Incorporated (GoDaddy, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bladel, James M., Lee, Yong, Plumb, Noah D., Thayer, Wayne
• Granted Patent: US 8,538,065 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/739
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/265 Personal security, identity or safety

Abstract

One embodiment of a system of present invention includes means for obtaining an image from a requester, means for obtaining contact information for vouching people, whom requester identifies as having personal knowledge of the requester, and means for sending an electronic message to the vouching people, with a link to an image lineup. The image lineup contains the image obtained from the requester and other images. The system further includes means for receiving a selection choice from the vouching people, identifying whether the image in the image lineup depicts the requester, and means for calculating a statistical rating of a likelihood that the image obtained from the requester depicts him/her.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a) means for obtaining a first image from a requester via a web-based graphical user interface, wherein said first image depicts a person, and wherein said web-based graphical user interface is achieved by a first computer-readable code on a server computer and by a second computer-readable code on a remote computer, and wherein said server computer and said remote computer are communicatively connected via a computer network,

b) means for obtaining a contact information for one or more vouching persons, wherein said requester identifies said one or more vouching persons as having personal knowledge of said requester,

c) means for sending an electronic message to said one or more vouching persons, wherein said electronic message contains a link to a second web-based graphical user interface containing an image lineup of two or more images and a selector to choose an image depicting said requester from said two or more images in said image lineup, wherein said image lineup contains at least said first image obtained from said requester and contains at least a second image not obtained from said requester,

d) means for receiving a selection choice to said selector from said one or more vouching persons, wherein said selection choice identifies whether said first image in said image lineup depicts said requester, and

e) means for calculating a statistical rating of a likelihood that said first image obtained from said requester depicts said requester by using said selection choice received from said one or more vouching persons.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said computer network contains the Internet.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said first image is located on a government issued identification document.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said first image is located on a driver'"'"'s license.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said first image is located on a passport.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein said first image is located on a state identification card.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said web-based graphical user interface comprises a website.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein said web-based graphical user interface comprises a webpage.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein said web-based graphical user interface comprises a desktop software application.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein said web-based graphical user interface comprises a mobile device application.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein said contact information for one or more vouching persons contains a name for one or more vouching persons.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein said contact information for one or more vouching persons contains an electronic mail address for one or more vouching persons.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein said contact information for one or more vouching persons contains a telephone number for one or more vouching persons.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein said contact information for one or more vouching persons contains a mailing address for one or more vouching persons.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein said contact information for one or more vouching persons contains a home address for one or more vouching persons.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein said contact information for one or more vouching persons is obtained from said requester.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein said contact information for one or more vouching persons is obtained from a social network website.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein said contact information for one or more vouching persons is obtained from an electronic address book of said requester.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein said contact information for one or more vouching persons is obtained from an electronic mail account of said requester.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein said means for sending said electronic message to said one or more vouching persons comprises a means for sending a telephone text message.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein said means for sending said electronic message to said one or more vouching persons comprises a means for sending an electronic mail message.

22. The system of claim 1, wherein said second web-based graphical user interface comprises a website.

23. The system of claim 1, wherein said second web-based graphical user interface comprises a webpage.

24. The system of claim 1, wherein said second web-based graphical user interface comprises a desktop software application.

25. The system of claim 1, wherein said second web-based graphical user interface comprises a mobile device application.

26. The system of claim 1, wherein said statistical rating is calculated as a real number in a range from 0 to 1, wherein value 0 indicates the lowest likelihood and value 1 indicates the highest likelihood that said first image depicts said requester.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein said statistical rating of value 0.5 and above indicates that said first image depicts said requester.

28. The system of claim 1, wherein said statistical rating is calculated as an integer number of 0 or 1.