Methods for verifying person's identity through person's social circle using person's photograph
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1. A method, comprising the steps of:
- a) obtaining a first image from a requester via a web-based graphical user interface, wherein said first image depicts a person, and wherein said web-based graphical user interface is achieved by a first computer-readable code on a server computer and by a second computer-readable code on a remote computer, and wherein said server computer and said remote computer are communicatively connected via a computer network,b) obtaining a contact information for one or more vouching persons, wherein said requester identifies said one or more vouching persons as having personal knowledge of said requester,c) sending an electronic message to said one or more vouching persons, wherein said electronic message contains a link to a second web-based graphical user interface containing an image lineup of two or more images and a selector to choose an image depicting said requester from said two or more images in said image lineup, wherein said image lineup contains at least said first image obtained from said requester and contains at least a second image not obtained from said requester,d) receiving a selection choice to said selector from said one or more vouching persons, wherein said selection choice identifies whether said first image in said image lineup depicts said requester, ande) calculating a statistical rating of a likelihood that said first image obtained from said requester depicts said requester by using said selection choice received from said one or more vouching persons.
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Abstract
One embodiment of a method of the present invention provides for obtaining an image from a requester, obtaining contact information for vouching people, whom requester identifies as having personal knowledge of the requester, and sending an electronic message to the vouching people, with a link to an image lineup. The image lineup contains the image obtained from the requester and other images. Then receiving a selection choice from the vouching people, identifying whether the image in the image lineup depicts the requester, and calculating a statistical rating of a likelihood that the image obtained from the requester depicts him/her.
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1. A method, comprising the steps of:
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a) obtaining a first image from a requester via a web-based graphical user interface, wherein said first image depicts a person, and wherein said web-based graphical user interface is achieved by a first computer-readable code on a server computer and by a second computer-readable code on a remote computer, and wherein said server computer and said remote computer are communicatively connected via a computer network, b) obtaining a contact information for one or more vouching persons, wherein said requester identifies said one or more vouching persons as having personal knowledge of said requester, c) sending an electronic message to said one or more vouching persons, wherein said electronic message contains a link to a second web-based graphical user interface containing an image lineup of two or more images and a selector to choose an image depicting said requester from said two or more images in said image lineup, wherein said image lineup contains at least said first image obtained from said requester and contains at least a second image not obtained from said requester, d) receiving a selection choice to said selector from said one or more vouching persons, wherein said selection choice identifies whether said first image in said image lineup depicts said requester, and e) calculating a statistical rating of a likelihood that said first image obtained from said requester depicts said requester by using said selection choice received from said one or more vouching persons. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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