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Systems and methods for online identity verification

  • US 7,308,581 B1
  • Filed: 03/07/2003
  • Issued: 12/11/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A step-wise computerized method for administering a study course to an individual over a computer network, the method comprising:

  • receiving a request from a web browser or computer program launched by a computer used by the individual for access to a web page comprising study course material;

    obtaining a first image of the individual'"'"'s face using a camera;

    providing the individual with access to course material over the network prior to an authenticating the individual'"'"'s access;

    continuously imaging the individual'"'"'s face with the camera while the individual is accessing the course and correlating the first image with the images obtained by continuously imaging the individual'"'"'s face;

    inserting a value into a unique data field embedded in a web page wherein the value is an access value if the camera is activated and wherein the value chances to a decline value if one or more of the continuous images does not match the first image; and

    terminating access to the study course material as soon as one or more of the images obtained by continuously imaging the individual'"'"'s face does not match the first image.

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