Portable identity rating

• US 8,966,650 B2
• Filed: 04/02/2013
• Issued: 02/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Farsedakis, Lewis
• Original Assignee: Farsedakis, Lewis
• Inventors: Farsedakis, Lewis
• Primary Examiner(s): KIM, TAE K
• Application Number:
  US13/854,990
• Publication Number:
  US 20130219475A1
• Time in Patent Office: 693 Days
• Field of Search: 726 2- 4, 726 26- 30, 705/325, 705/705, 705/781, 705/782, 705/783, 705/784, 705/785, 707/705, 707/781, 707/782, 707/783, 707/784, 707/785
• US Class Current: 726/27
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/33 using certificates
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2119 Authenticating web pages, e.g. with suspicious links
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles

Abstract

Portable on-line identity verification technology includes, for example, portable widgets with an identity rating, and other on-line identification verification icons and identity rating scores.

Claims

1. An on-line identity verification method in which computer-performed steps are performed by a computerized verification system said steps comprising:

providing, performed by a website that is part of the system, to a user a series of questionnaires and tests to fill out, followed by;

generating, performed by the system, a unique badge code for the user;

giving, by the system to the user, a scoring badge with the badge code which is a unique badge code unique to user, wherein the unique badge code is pasteable by the user in one or more various sites or communities online;

intaking by the system from the user a set of registrations of where the user is using the badge code;

receiving by the system a communication from a clicker who is someone clicking on the badge code on an external website, wherein in case of a hijacked icon being clicked on, after the receiving step, the verification system performs a step of sending a “

reject”

message to the clicker and does not provide a public profile of the user to the clicker;

checking by the system if the external website is registered for user in the set of registrations; and

if YES, displaying to the clicker the public profile for user;

but

if NO, not displaying to the clicker the public profile for user.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising, wherein when the verification system receives an attempted click-through on the badge code from a website page that does not appear in the table of registrations by the user, a step performed by the verification system of sending a “

reject”

message.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying an on-line identity rating for the user.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying an identification verification icon for the user.