Privacy Information Reporting Systems with Broad Search Scope and Integration
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1. A method of providing a report of public information, relating to an individual, to that individual, comprising:
- from at least a network server, transmitting a form with fields for obtaining identifying information, identifying said individual, to a client terminal;
receiving at at least a network server from said client terminal, identifying information associated with said form fields, said identifying information substantially uniquely identifying said individual;
at at least a network server, authenticating a requester at said client terminal to confirm that said requester is said individual;
at at least a network server, querying a database with a first query based on part of said identifying information and retrieving a result;
said result containing at least two pieces of information about an individual;
deriving a second query from said at least two pieces of information and querying said database and/or another database using said second query;
retrieving a result of said second querying;
generating a report with said results of said second querying, said results including at least real estate records.
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Abstract
A system for providing background check information to consumers diversifies a search vector by iteratively searching databases to obtain comprehensive identifying information while eliminating redundancies. Fuzzy expansion operators based on phonetics, misspellings, and other factors may be employed. The self-background check is intended to be used by consumers to safeguard against identify theft.
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1. A method of providing a report of public information, relating to an individual, to that individual, comprising:
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from at least a network server, transmitting a form with fields for obtaining identifying information, identifying said individual, to a client terminal;
receiving at at least a network server from said client terminal, identifying information associated with said form fields, said identifying information substantially uniquely identifying said individual;
at at least a network server, authenticating a requester at said client terminal to confirm that said requester is said individual;
at at least a network server, querying a database with a first query based on part of said identifying information and retrieving a result;
said result containing at least two pieces of information about an individual;
deriving a second query from said at least two pieces of information and querying said database and/or another database using said second query;
retrieving a result of said second querying;
generating a report with said results of said second querying, said results including at least real estate records. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of providing a report of public information, relating to an individual, to that individual, comprising:
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from at least a network server, transmitting a form with fields for obtaining identifying information, identifying said individual, to a client terminal;
receiving at at least a network server from said client terminal, identifying information including a social security number;
at at least a network server, authenticating a requester at said client terminal to confirm that said requester is said individual;
at at least a network server, querying a first database with a first query including said social security number and retrieving at least two addresses corresponding to said individual;
at least reducing a number of redundancies among said at least two addresses and generating a second query including non-redundant addresses such that records retrieved by said second query include records pertaining to all non-redundant addresses, performing a query with said second query and retrieving a second result;
generating a report with said results of said second result, said second result including at least real estate records. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of providing a report of public information, relating to an individual, to that individual, comprising:
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from at least a network server, transmitting a form with fields for obtaining identifying information, identifying said individual, to a client terminal;
receiving at at least a network server from said client terminal, identifying information associated with said form fields, said identifying information substantially uniquely identifying said individual;
at at least a network server, authenticating a requester at said client terminal to confirm that said requester is said individual;
at at least a network server, querying a database with a first query based on part of said identifying information and retrieving a result;
said result containing at least one piece of information about an individual;
deriving a second query from said at least two pieces of information and querying said database and/or another database using said second query;
retrieving a result of said second querying;
generating a report with said results of said second querying, said results including at least real estate records. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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