Verifying vendor identification and organization affiliation of an individual arriving at a threshold location

• US 8,917,939 B2
• Filed: 02/21/2013
• Issued: 12/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Clarke, Michael P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cunningham, Gregory F
• Application Number:
  US13/773,007
• Publication Number:
  US 20140233855A1
• Time in Patent Office: 670 Days
• Field of Search: 382/190, 705/26.35, 705/317, 705/318, 707/927
• US Class Current: 382/198
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2455 Query execution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/583 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2218/08 Feature extraction
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/927 Validation

Abstract

A client captures at least one identification indicator of an individual arriving at a threshold representing themself as a vendor of an organization. The client extracts vendor indicia and organization indicia from the captured identification. The client sends a query comprising the organization indicia to an identification service. Responsive to the client receiving a response from the identification service with a network address of a particular identity verification service associated with the at least one organization indicia, the client sends a query comprising the vendor indicia and the current location of the threshold to the particular identity verification service. Responsive to the verification client receiving a response from the particular identity verification service indicating that the user is validated, the client notifies the user that the individual is validated as the vendor of the organization.

Claims

1. A method for verifying vendor identification and organization affiliation, comprising:

capturing, by a verification client using at least one processor, at least one identification indicator of an individual arriving at a location threshold representing themself as a vendor of an organization;

extracting, by the verification client, at least one vendor indicia identifying the individual and at least one organization indicia identifying the organization from the captured at least one identification;

sending, by the verification client, at least one first query comprising the at least one organization indicia to an organization identification service that maintains a database of a plurality of organizations each registered with the organization identification by at least one of a plurality of identity verification services;

responsive to the verification client receiving a first response from the organization identification service with a network address of a particular identity verification service associated with the at least one organization indicia from among the plurality of identity verification services, sending, by the verification client, at least one second query comprising the vendor indicia and the current location of the location threshold to the particular identity verification service that maintains a database of records for a plurality of vendors affiliated with the organization; and

responsive to the verification client receiving a second response from the particular identity verification service indicating that the user is validated, notifying, by the verification client, the user via a user interface that the individual is validated as the vendor of the organization.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

sending, by the verification client, at least one additional query comprising the vendor indicia to a warning list service to determine whether the individual representing themself as the vendor of the organization is on a warning list and is not validated; and

responsive to the verification client receiving a separate indicator from the warning list service indicating that the user is on a warning list, notifying the user that the individual has failed validation.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein notifying the user that the individual has failed validation further comprises:

controlling output in a user interface of a query response indicating the individual failed validation and overriding the notification that the individual is validated as the vendor of the organization by the particular identity verification service.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein capturing, by a verification client using at least one processor, at least one identification indicator of an individual arriving at a location threshold representing oneself as a vendor of an organization and extracting, by the verification client, at least one vendor indicia identifying the individual and at least one organization indicia identifying the organization from the captured at least one identification, further comprise:

capturing, using a camera, a first image of the individual for the at least one identification indicator;

extracting the first image from the at least one identification indicator as the vendor indicia;

capturing, using the camera, a second image of an identification card for the at least one identification indicator; and

extracting text from the second image of the identification card indicating a name of the organization as the organization indicia.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to receiving the first response to the first query from the organization identification service indicating that the organization identified in the organization indicia is not a registered organization with the organization identification service, controlling output to a user interface indicating that the vendor cannot be validated because the organization identified in the organization is not registered with the organization identification service.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to the verification client receiving the second response from the particular identity verification service indicating that the user cannot be validated, notifying, by the verification client, the user via a user interface that the individual failed validation as the vendor of the organization.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to the verification client detecting a timeout by one or more of the organization identification service and the particular identity verification service, notifying the user via the user interface that the individual cannot be validated because of the timeout.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to a user selection to start the verification client on a portable communication device, running the verification client on the portable communication device that provides communication services.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from the particular identity verification service, a request to output to the user to perform an action and a script for enabling the user to perform the action;

responsive to receiving the request to output to the user to perform the action, controlling output of the request as a selectable option via the user interface of the verification client; and

responsive to the user selecting the selectable option, triggering the user interface to initiate the script for enabling the user to perform the action.

10. A system for verifying vendor identification and organization affiliation, comprising:

a verification client operative on at least one processor to capture at least one identification indicator of an individual arriving at a location threshold representing themself as a vendor of an organization;

the verification client operative to extract at least one vendor indicia identifying the individual and at least one organization indicia identifying the organization from the captured at least one identification;

the verification client operative to send at least one first query comprising the at least one organization indicia to an organization identification service that maintains a database of a plurality of organizations each registered with the organization identification by at least one of a plurality of identity verification services;

the verification client, responsive to the verification client receiving a first response from the organization identification service with a network address of a particular identity verification service associated with the at least one organization indicia from among the plurality of identity verification services, operative to send at least one second query comprising the vendor indicia and the current location of the location threshold to the particular identity verification service that maintains a database of records for a plurality of vendors affiliated with the organization; and

the verification client, responsive to the verification client receiving a second response from the particular identity verification service indicating that the user is validated, operative to notify the user via a user interface that the individual is validated as the vendor of the organization.

11. The system according to claim 10, further comprising:

the verification client operative to send at least one additional query comprising the vendor indicia to a warning list service to determine whether the individual representing themself as the vendor of the organization is on a warning list and is not validated; and

the verification client, responsive to the verification client receiving a separate indicator from the warning list service indicating that the user is on a warning list, operative to notify the user that the individual has failed validation.

12. The system according to claim 11, further comprising:

the verification client operative to control output in a user interface of a query response indicating the individual failed validation and overriding the notification that the individual is validated as the vendor of the organization by the particular identity verification service.

13. The system according to claim 10, further comprising:

the verification client operative to capture, using a camera, a first image of the individual for the at least one identification indicator;

the verification client operative to extract the first image from the at least one identification indicator as the vendor indicia;

the verification client operative to capture, using the camera, a second image of an identification card for the at least one identification indicator; and

the verification client operative to extract text from the second image of the identification card indicating a name of the organization as the organization indicia.

14. The system according to claim 10, further comprising:

the verification client, responsive to receiving the first response to the first query from the organization identification service indicating that the organization identified in the organization indicia is not a registered organization with the organization identification service, operative to control output to a user interface indicating that the vendor cannot be validated because the organization identified in the organization is not registered with the organization identification service.

15. The system according to claim 10, further comprising:

the verification client, responsive to the verification client receiving the second response from the particular identity verification service indicating that the user cannot be validated, operative to notify the user via a user interface that the individual failed validation as the vendor of the organization.

16. The system according to claim 10, further comprising:

the verification client, responsive to the verification client detecting a timeout by one or more of the organization identification service and the particular identity verification service, operative to notify the user via the user interface that the individual cannot be validated because of the timeout.

17. The system according to claim 10, further comprising:

the verification client, responsive to a user selection to start the verification client on a portable communication device, operative to run the verification client on the portable communication device that provides communication services.

18. The system according to claim 10, further comprising:

the verification client operative to receive, from the particular identity verification service, a request to output to the user to perform an action and a script for enabling the user to perform the action;

the verification client, responsive to receiving the request to output to the user to perform the action, operative to control output of the request as a selectable option via the user interface of the verification client; and

the verification client, responsive to the user selecting the selectable option, operative to trigger the user interface to initiate the script for enabling the user to perform the action.

19. A computer program product for verifying vendor identification and organization affiliation, the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to capture at least one identification indicator of an individual arriving at a location threshold representing themself as a vendor of an organization;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to extract at least one vendor indicia identifying the individual and at least one organization indicia identifying the organization from the captured at least one identification;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to send at least one first query comprising the at least one organization indicia to an organization identification service that maintains a database of a plurality of organizations each registered with the organization identification by at least one of a plurality of identity verification services;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, responsive to the verification client receiving a first response from the organization identification service with a network address of a particular identity verification service associated with the at least one organization indicia from among the plurality of identity verification services, to send at least one second query comprising the vendor indicia and the current location of the location threshold to the particular identity verification service that maintains a database of records for a plurality of vendors affiliated with the organization; and

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, responsive to the verification client receiving a second response from the particular identity verification service indicating that the user is validated, to notify the user via a user interface that the individual is validated as the vendor of the organization.

20. The computer program product according to claim 19, further comprising:

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to send at least one additional query comprising the vendor indicia to a warning list service to determine whether the individual representing themself as the vendor of the organization is on a warning list and is not validated; and

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, responsive to the verification client receiving a separate indicator from the warning list service indicating that the user is on a warning list, to notify the user that the individual has failed validation.