Verifying vendor identification and organization affiliation of an individual arriving at a threshold location

A system for verifying vendor identification and organization affiliation, comprising:

• a verification client operative on at least one processor to capture at least one identification indicator of an individual arriving at a location threshold representing themself as a vendor of an organization;
• the verification client operative to extract at least one vendor indicia identifying the individual and at least one organization indicia identifying the organization from the captured at least one identification;
• the verification client operative to send at least one first query comprising the at least one organization indicia to an organization identification service that maintains a database of a plurality of organizations each registered with the organization identification by at least one of a plurality of identity verification services;
• the verification client, responsive to the verification client receiving a first response from the organization identification service with a network address of a particular identity verification service associated with the at least one organization indicia from among the plurality of identity verification services, operative to send at least one second query comprising the vendor indicia and the current location of the location threshold to the particular identity verification service that maintains a database of records for a plurality of vendors affiliated with the organization;
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• the verification client, responsive to the verification client receiving a second response from the particular identity verification service indicating that the user is validated, operative to notify the user via a user interface that the individual is validated as the vendor of the organization.

A computer program product for verifying vendor identification and organization affiliation, the computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices;
• program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to capture at least one identification indicator of an individual arriving at a location threshold representing themself as a vendor of an organization;
• program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to extract at least one vendor indicia identifying the individual and at least one organization indicia identifying the organization from the captured at least one identification;
• program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to send at least one first query comprising the at least one organization indicia to an organization identification service that maintains a database of a plurality of organizations each registered with the organization identification by at least one of a plurality of identity verification services;
• program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, responsive to the verification client receiving a first response from the organization identification service with a network address of a particular identity verification service associated with the at least one organization indicia from among the plurality of identity verification services, to send at least one second query comprising the vendor indicia and the current location of the location threshold to the particular identity verification service that maintains a database of records for a plurality of vendors affiliated with the organization;
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• program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, responsive to the verification client receiving a second response from the particular identity verification service indicating that the user is validated, to notify the user via a user interface that the individual is validated as the vendor of the organization.