SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING THE AGE OF AN INTERNET USER

• US 20110185400A1
• Filed: 09/03/2010
• Published: 07/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: REGO Payment Architectures, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Virtual Piggy, Inc.
• Inventors: Webber, Jo, Ittycheria, Pradeep
• Granted Patent: US 8,650,621 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6227 where protection concerns the structure of data, e.g. records, types, queries
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/205 involving negotiation or determination of the one or more network security mechanisms to be used, e.g. by negotiation between the client and the server or between peers or by selection according to the capabilities of the entities involved negotiation of communication capabilities H04L69/24

Abstract

A method of verifying the age of a prospective Internet user comprises establishing an age check account; receiving information about a user, the information including an alleged age of the user; sending the information to be verified; and receiving a notification that the information has been verified.

Claims

1. A method of verifying the age of a prospective Internet user, the method comprising:

establishing an age check account;

receiving information about a user, the information including an alleged age of the user;

sending the information to be verified; and

receiving a notification that the information has been verified.

2. The method of verifying the age of a prospective Internet user according to claim 1, wherein a service requester establishes the age check account with an Internet-accessible age check system.

3. The method of verifying the age of a prospective Internet user according to claim 1, wherein the step of receiving information further comprises inputting the information to the service requester.

4. The method of verifying the age of a prospective Internet user according to claim 1, wherein the information includes a user'"'"'s age and demographic information.

5. The method of verifying the age of a prospective Internet user according to claim 1, wherein the information is sent to an Internet-accessible age check system.

6. The method of verifying the age of a prospective Internet user according to claim 1, wherein the step of ending the information to be verified is performed automatically.

7. The method of verifying the age of a prospective Internet user according to claim 1, wherein the information is compared to other information stored at a partner service requester.

8. The method of verifying the age of a prospective Internet user according to claim 1, wherein the notification is either a pass or fail notification.

9. The method of verifying the age of a prospective Internet user according to claim 1, further comprising the step of manually verifying the information.

10. The method of verifying the age of a prospective Internet user according to claim 1, wherein the step of manually verifying the information manual check includes checking public records.

11. The method of verifying the age of a prospective Internet user according to claim 1, further comprising the step of aggregating the information of a plurality of users.