Systems for verifying identities of parties particpating in distributed network communication

A computer-implemented method for verifying identities of parties participating in network communications, the computer-implemented method is executable by one more processing devices and comprising:

• verifying that each of a plurality of communication identifiers are associated with at least one of a plurality of communication parties;
• storing, within a database, a plurality of records, each record serving to verify an association of one of the plurality of communication identifiers with at least one of the communication parties;
• in response to a first party selecting or inputting, at a first device, a first communication identifier for purposes of addressing a first network-based communication that is being sent to a second party, determining, from the database, whether the first communication identifier is verifiably associated with the second party;
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• in response to determining that the first communication identifier is verifiably associated with the second party, providing a visual or audible output at the first device that indicates that the second party is verified as being associated with first communication identifier.

A computer program product comprising non-transitory computer-readable code that includes:

• a first set of codes for causing a computer processing device to verify that each of a plurality of communication identifiers are associated with at least one of a plurality of communication parties,
• a second set of codes for causing a computer processing device to store, within a database, a plurality of records, each record serving to verify an association of one of the plurality of communication identifiers with at least one of the communication parties;
• a third set of codes for causing a computer processing device to, in response to a first party selecting or inputting, at a first device, a first communication identifier for purposes of addressing a first network-based communication that is being sent to a second party, determine, from the database, whether the first communication identifier is verifiably associated with the second party;
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• a fourth set of codes for causing a computer processing device to, in response to determining that the first communication identifier is verifiably associated with the second party, provide a visual or audible output at the first device that indicates that the second party is verified as being associated with first communication identifier.