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US 2019/0297091 A1Published application
Identity and trustworthiness verification using online and offline components
AssigneeAirbnb, Inc.
InventorsStephen Kirkham, Michael Lewis
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Abstract
Methods and systems for verifying the identity and trustworthiness of a user of an online system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving online and offline identity information for a user and comparing them to a user profile information provided by the user. Furthermore, the user's online activity in a third party online system and the user's offline activity are received. Based on the online activity and the offline activity a trustworthiness score may be calculated.
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A computer implemented method, comprising:
- receiving, by a first-party online system from a third-party online system, information about activities performed by one or more users of the third-party online system in the third-party online system, the received information associated with a user of the first-party online system;
- determining, by the first-party online system, an online trustworthiness score for the user of the first-party online system based at least on the received information;
- obtaining static offline information about the user of the first-party online system;
- determining an offline trustworthiness score for the user of the first-party online system based on data extracted from the static offline information;
- determining a trustworthiness score for the user of the first-party online system based on the online trustworthiness score and the offline trustworthiness score;
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- responsive to detecting an attempt by one or more other users to interact with the user of the first-party online system in the first-party online system, providing the trustworthiness score of the user of the first-party online system for display to one or more client devices of the one or more other users.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium storing executable computer program instructions, the computer program instructions comprising instructions that when executed cause a computer processor to:
- receive, by a first-party online system from a third-party online system, information about activities performed by one or more users of the third-party online system in the third-party online system, the received information associated with a user of the first-party online system;
- determine, by the first-party online system, an online trustworthiness score for the user of the first-party online system based at least on the received information;
- obtain static offline information about the user of the first-party online system;
- determine an offline trustworthiness score for the user of the first-party online system based on data extracted from the static offline information;
- determine a trustworthiness score for the user of the first-party online system based on the online trustworthiness score and the offline trustworthiness score;
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- responsive to detecting an attempt by one or more other users to interact with the user of the first-party online system in the first-party online system, provide the trustworthiness score of the user of the first-party online system for display to one or more client devices of the one or more other users.
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A computer system comprising:
- a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable computer program instructions, the computer program instructions comprising instructions that when executed cause a computer processor to perform steps comprising:
- receiving, by a first-party online system from a third-party online system, information about activities performed by one or more users of the third-party online system in the third-party online system, the received information associated with a user of the first-party online system;
- determining, by the first-party online system, an online trustworthiness score for the user of the first-party online system based at least on the received information;
- obtaining static offline information about the user of the first-party online system;
- determining an offline trustworthiness score for the user of the first-party online system based on data extracted from the static offline information;
- determining a trustworthiness score for the user of the first-party online system based on the online trustworthiness score and the offline trustworthiness score;
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- responsive to detecting an attempt by one or more other users to interact with the user of the first-party online system in the first-party online system, providing the trustworthiness score of the user of the first-party online system for display to one or more client devices of the one or more other users.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.