# US 2018/0025140 A1 · Identity Assurance Method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0025140 A1 - Document ID: US20180025140A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/657,201 - Filed: 2017-07-23 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2016-07-24 - Assignees: Darrin Edelman - Inventors: Darrin Edelman; Austin O'Brion; Kevin O'Brien - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180025140A1 ## CPC - G06F 21/31: User authentication - G06F 21/313: {using a call-back technique via a telephone network} - G06F 21/316: {by observing the pattern of computer usage, e.g. typical user behaviour} - G06F 21/32: using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints - G06F 21/33: using certificates - G06F 21/34: involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards - G06F 21/45: Structures or tools for the administration of authentication - G06Q 20/4014: {Identity check for transactions} - G06Q 20/4016: {involving fraud or risk level assessment in transaction processing} - G06F 3/0481: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract Provided are computer-implemented methods and systems used in assuring a person's identity that include the steps of receiving from the person one or more identifying statements and receiving from the person authorization to access one or more identity sources on which the person is registered. Data is then extracted from one or more of the identity sources to corroborate the one or more identifying statements, and the data aggregated to provide first and second scores, the first score representing factors that tend to affirm the person's identifying statements and the second score representing factors that tend to disaffirm the person's identifying statements. Optionally, the scores are displayed in a graphical user interface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computer-implemented method of assuring a person's identity comprising the steps of: receiving one or more identifying statements about the person; receiving from the person authorization to access one or more identity sources on which the person is registered; extracting data from the one or more identity sources to corroborate the one or more identifying statements; and aggregating the data to provide first and second scores, the first score representing factors that tend to affirm the person's identifying statements and the second score representing factors that tend to disaffirm the person's identifying statements. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the first and second scores in a graphical user interface. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more identity sources comprise a social networking site. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more identity sources comprise a professional networking site. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more identifying statements reflect the person's legal identity, financial identity, social identity, community identity or combination thereof. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the data extracted from the one or more identity sources reflect the person's legal identity, financial identity, and/or social identity. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of establishing confidence in the person's ownership of identity. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein establishing confidence in the person's ownership of identity comprises one or more of: obtaining a biological or physical identifier, verifying the person's ability to log into an email account, social network account, or other secured account, verifying the person has control over a personal device, and verifying the person's ability to recall personal information. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein corroborating the one or more identifying statements comprises one or more of: obtaining verification of the identity through a third party verification service, observing the person's ability to log in to a social network, observing details of the person on a social network that are consistent with the one or more identifying statements, observing activity by the person on a social network, observing the person's interest in posted activities from connections and/or friends on a social network, verifying the person receives a charge or payment to a financial account, or otherwise has the ability to access the financial account, accessing a client site via opt-in from the person followed by verifying that community data matches the one or more identifying statements, verifying that the person receives a mailing within a pre-determined period of time, verifying that the person is physically present at the location, verifying that the person responds from the email address within a pre-determined period of time. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more identifying statements reflect the person's short message service (SMS) account and corroborating the one or more identifying statements comprises verifying that the person responds from the SMS account within a pre-determined period of time. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more identifying statements reflect a phone number belonging to the person and corroborating the one or more identifying statements comprises verifying that the person answers a call to the phone number and can confirm personal information within a pre-determined period of time. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the data from the one or more identity sources comprises one or more of: a third party review of the person on the one or more identity sources, a location log from a posting by the person on the one or more identity sources, analysis of the person's behavior based on a posting by the person on the one or more identity sources. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second scores are defined as the number of factors identified that tend to affirm or disaffirm the person's identity, respectively. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) A computer-implemented method of displaying a person's identity comprising the steps of: using the method of claim 1 to obtain first and second scores, the first score representing the number of factors that tend to affirm the person's identity and the second score representing the number of factors that tend to disaffirm the person's identity; representing the scores in a graphical user interface comprising: optionally, a profile image representing the person; and a graphical representation of the first and second scores. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the graphical representation comprises first and second panels displaying numerals representing the first and second scores. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the graphical representation comprises a list of the factors. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the data is based on one or more community sites to which the person belongs, the one or more community sites comprising a social networking site, professional networking site, or combination thereof. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the factors are based on comparing the data to the person's legal identity, financial identity, social identity, community identity, or combination thereof. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) A computer system comprising: a graphical user interface for displaying a level of confidence in a person's identity, the graphical user interface comprising: optionally, a profile image representing the person; and a graphical representation of respective first and second scores obtained using the method of claim 1, the first score representing the number of factors that tend to affirm the person's identity and the second score representing the number of factors that tend to disaffirm the person's identity. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) An application programming interface for carrying out the method of claim 1.