Verification of both identification and presence over a network

A system for verifying both identification and presence of a related user, the system comprising:

• an identification tag associated with a single user, the identification tag comprising:
• a) an embedded integrated circuit that generates a one-time-password (OTP) upon each use of the identification tag, and b) non-volatile memory that stores a unique identifier;
• a reader comprising a mobile computing device including:
• a) an NFC sub-system that reads data from the identification tag using radio frequency signals;
• b) a network connection device communicatively coupled with a communications network;
• and c) a processor that:
• 1) reads the following data from the identification tag:
• the unique identifier, and the OTP;
• 2) transmits the unique identifier, the OTP, and a current time stamp to a server at a predetermined address by sending a TCP/IP communication over the communications network;
• 3) responsive to sending the TCP/IP communication, receiving, over the communications network, a data packet including a verification message, a name of the user, and an image of the user;
• 4) displaying the data received in the data packet;
• a database including one or more user records, wherein each user record includes a unique identifier, a name for a specific user, and an image for the specific user;
• the server comprising a network connection device communicatively coupled with a communications network, and a processor that:
• 1) receives the unique identifier, the OTP, and the current time stamp from the reader via the communications network;
• 2) accesses a user record in the database that corresponds to the unique identifier, and logs the unique identifier, the OTP, and the current time stamp in association with the user record;
• 3) determines whether the unique identifier and the OTP are verified against the unique identifier in the user record;
• and
• 4) if said unique identifier and the OTP are verified, then generates the data packet including the name of the user from the user record, the image of the user from the user record and a verification message and transmits the data packet to the reader over the communications network.