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US 8,819,413 B1Granted
Method and apparatus for collaborative claim verification
AssigneeSymantec Corporation
InventorsBrian Hernacki, Sourabh Satish
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing collaborative claim verification using an identification management (IDM) system. The IDM system collaborates with at least one trusted authority that provides information to a validity database within the IDM system. The database information collected from the at least one trusted authority is used to verify a user's entered identification information i.e., a user's identity claim. Such validation through a plurality of trusted authorities can provide a statistical truth to the identity claims provided by a user.
Claims15
A method of verifying the veracity of identity information comprising:
- providing user identification information to an identification management system;
- contacting a plurality of trusted authorities, separate from the identification management system, to verify the user identification information;
- combining verification information provided by each of the plurality of trusted authorities to form a statistical truth regarding the user identification information, wherein the statistical truth comprises a binary determination of whether the user identification information is accurate based on a comparison of the plurality of the trusted authorities, wherein the information is deemed accurate if more than half of the plurality of trusted authorities are in agreement;
- storing the verification information from the plurality of trusted authorities to a validity database for use in subsequently verifying user identification, wherein the validity database is maintained locally as part of the identification management system, separate from the trusted authorities, wherein the validity database comprises a set of valid identity claims, wherein each valid identity claim comprises an identity and a plurality of trusted authorities used to validate the claim;
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- responding to a request from a third party to indicate whether a provided identity claim is valid based upon whether the provided identity claim is present in the validity database.
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A method of verifying identification information comprising:
- receiving at an identification management system a user identification claim from a service provider;
- combining verification information provided by a plurality of trusted authorities to form a statistical truth regarding the user identification information, wherein the statistical truth comprises a binary determination of whether the user identification information is accurate based on a comparison of the plurality of the trusted authorities, wherein the information is deemed accurate if more than half of the plurality of trusted authorities are in agreement;
- comparing the user identification claim to identification information in a validity database, where the identification information has previously been verified through collaboration of the identification management system and the plurality of trusted authorities, wherein the validity database is maintained locally as part of the identification management system, separate from the trusted authorities and wherein the validity database comprises a set of valid identity claims, wherein each valid identity claim comprises an identity and a plurality of trusted authorities used to validate the claim;
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- communicating a result of the comparison to the service provider wherein the result indicates whether the user identification claim is present in the validity database.
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An apparatus for verifying the veracity of identification claims comprising:
- an identification management system having a validity database that is populated with verified identification information, where the verified identification information is verified by collaborating with a plurality of trusted authorities, wherein the verification information is provided by the plurality of trusted authorities and combined to form a statistical truth regarding the user identification information, wherein the statistical truth comprises a binary determination of whether the user identification information is accurate based on a comparison of the plurality of the trusted authorities, wherein the information is deemed accurate if more than half of the plurality of trusted authorities are in agreement, wherein the validity database is separate from the trusted authorities and wherein the validity database comprises a set of valid identity claims, wherein each valid identity claim comprises an identity and a plurality of trusted authorities used to validate the claim and wherein the identification management system responds to a request from a third party to indicate whether a provided identity claim is valid based upon whether the provided identity claim is present in the validity database receives.
A system for verifying the veracity of identification claims comprising:
- an identification management system having a validity database that is populated with verified identification information, wherein the verification information is provided by the plurality of trusted authorities and combined to form a statistical truth regarding the user identification information, wherein the statistical truth comprises a binary determination of whether the user identification information is accurate based on a comparison of the plurality of the trusted authorities, wherein the information is deemed accurate if more than half of the plurality of trusted authorities are in agreement, wherein the validity database is maintained locally as part of the identification management system, separate from the plurality of trusted authorities and wherein the validity database comprises a set of valid identity claims, wherein each valid identity claim comprises an identity and a plurality of trusted authorities used to validate the claim and wherein the identification management system responds to a request from a third party to indicate whether a provided identity claim is valid based upon whether the provided identity claim is present in the validity database receives;
- the plurality of trusted authorities comprising a database of trusted identification information, where the plurality of trusted authorities collaborates with the identification management system to verify identity claims to create the verified identification information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.