System and method for conducting online visual identification of a person
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- eliciting and receiving, into a registration database, a plurality of personal information relating to a corresponding plurality of subscriber persons, wherein the plurality of subscriber persons includes a first person and a second person, wherein the personal information includes a name and an address of each of the plurality of subscriber persons;
eliciting and receiving an uploaded first photographic image of the first person into the registration database and associating the first photographic image of the first person with the personal information relating to the first person;
eliciting and receiving an uploaded second photographic image of the second person into the registration database and associating the second photographic image of the second person with the personal information relating to the second person;
displaying on a computer output device a plurality of photographic images of the subscriber persons including the first photographic image of the first person in a plurality of photo arrays including a first and a second photo array, and configuring the plurality of photo arrays to allow a user to distinguish the first person shown in the first photographic image from the second person shown in the second photographic image, wherein the first and second photographic images are in the first photo array;
eliciting and receiving input indicating a selection by the user of the first person from the first photo array; and
interpreting the user'"'"'s selection of the first person as at least part of an instruction to make a purchase of a good or service for the first person, wherein the user is not the first person.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and system for preventing unsolicited bulk email (UBE). Spammers sending UBE typically capitalize on the weakness of SMTP. The present invention affixes a subscriber key value to the local part of an email address. The email and associated key value are sent to a server where the subscriber key value, and subscriber and recipient email addresses are associated and stored into a database. Once stored, the email is sent to the ultimate recipient. A recipient is in possession of a subscriber key value can use this key value to sign an email they intend to send to the original subscriber/sender. Recipient will then send this signed email to a server where the association between the subscriber and the subscriber key value is verified. Once verified the email is sent to the subscriber. In some embodiments, the verification process is not controlled by a server.
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1. A method comprising:
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eliciting and receiving, into a registration database, a plurality of personal information relating to a corresponding plurality of subscriber persons, wherein the plurality of subscriber persons includes a first person and a second person, wherein the personal information includes a name and an address of each of the plurality of subscriber persons; eliciting and receiving an uploaded first photographic image of the first person into the registration database and associating the first photographic image of the first person with the personal information relating to the first person; eliciting and receiving an uploaded second photographic image of the second person into the registration database and associating the second photographic image of the second person with the personal information relating to the second person; displaying on a computer output device a plurality of photographic images of the subscriber persons including the first photographic image of the first person in a plurality of photo arrays including a first and a second photo array, and configuring the plurality of photo arrays to allow a user to distinguish the first person shown in the first photographic image from the second person shown in the second photographic image, wherein the first and second photographic images are in the first photo array; eliciting and receiving input indicating a selection by the user of the first person from the first photo array; and interpreting the user'"'"'s selection of the first person as at least part of an instruction to make a purchase of a good or service for the first person, wherein the user is not the first person. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 21, 22, 24, 25)
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7. A computerized system comprising:
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a registration database configured to store a plurality of personal information relating to a corresponding plurality of subscriber persons, wherein the plurality of subscriber persons includes a first person and a second person, wherein the personal information includes a name and an address of each of the plurality of subscriber persons, wherein the database also includes a plurality of images, and wherein the database associates the image of each one of the plurality of subscriber persons with the respective personal information of that subscriber person; a registration user interface operatively coupled to the registration database and configured to elicit and receive, into the registration database, a first photographic image that is of the first person and a second photographic image that is of the second person; a computer output device configured to display a plurality of photographic images of the subscriber persons including the first photographic image of the first person in a plurality of photo arrays including a first and a second photo array, wherein the plurality of photo arrays is configured to allow a user to distinguish the first person shown in the first photographic image from the second person shown in the second photographic image, and wherein the first and second photographic images are in the first photo array; a purchase user interface operatively coupled to the registration database and configured to elicit and receive input indicating a selection by the user of the first person from the first photo array; and an interpreter configured to interpret the user'"'"'s selection of the first person as at least part of an instruction to make a purchase of a good or service for the first person, wherein the user is not the first person. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 23)
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13. A computerized apparatus comprising:
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means for eliciting and receiving, into a registration database, a plurality of personal information relating to a corresponding plurality of subscriber persons, wherein the plurality of subscriber persons includes a first person and a second person, wherein the personal information includes a name and an address of each of the plurality of subscriber persons; means for eliciting and receiving an uploaded first photographic image of the first person into the registration database and associating the first photographic image of the first person with the personal information relating to the first person; means for eliciting and receiving an uploaded second photographic image of the second person into the registration database and associating the second photographic image of the second person with the personal information relating to the second person; means for displaying on a computer output device a plurality of photographic images of the subscriber persons including the first photographic image of the first person in a plurality of photo arrays including a first and a second photo array, and configuring the plurality of photo arrays to allow a user to distinguish the first person shown in the first photographic image from the second person shown in the second photographic image, wherein the first and second photographic images are in the first photo array; means for eliciting and receiving input indicating a selection by the user of the first person from the first photo array; and means for interpreting the user'"'"'s selection of the first person as at least part of an instruction to make a purchase of a good or service for the first person, wherein the user is not the first person. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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