Registration, verification and notification system
AssigneeTeleSign Corporation
InventorsShlomo Gonen, Jonathan A. Gonen, Alon Gonen, Danny Rosen
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A registrant provides at least one registrant electronic contact, such as a telephone number, during a registration process. The registrant's information may be compared to a database of such information. The registrant is verified by establishing a connection with the registrant via the registrant contact. The verification code is communicated to the registrant, which is input into an on-line form. Notification events are established, and the registrant is notified of the occurrence of a previously established notification event by establishing a connection with the registrant via the registrant contact.
Claims23
A verification and notification method implemented by a computing system, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a user, information entered by the user via a website, the received information including an electronic contact address associated with the user;
- verifying the electronic contact address by:
- establishing a telephonic connection with the user using the received electronic contact address;
- communicating a verification code to the user through the telephonic connection;
- receiving, via the website, a submitted verification code that is entered by the user;
- and
- verifying the electronic contact address if the submitted verification code is the same as the communicated verification code;
- maintaining a record of one or more notification events associated with actions that require authorization by the user;
- upon receiving an indication of an occurrence of an established notification event, transmitting a short message service (SMS) message addressed to the verified electronic contact address indicating the occurrence of the notification event;
- and
- receiving, from the user, an indication to authorize an action associated with the established notification event.
A verification method implemented by a computing system, the method comprising:
- receiving information entered by a user via a website, the received information including an electronic contact address and a name or an address;
- comparing the received information to a dataset containing personal identifying information;
- and
- when the electronic contact address matches information in the database and at least one of the received name or address matches information in the dataset, verifying the received electronic contact address by:
- establishing a telephonic connection with the user using the received electronic contact address;
- communicating a verification code to the user through the telephonic connection;
- receiving, via the website, a submitted verification code that is entered by the user;
- and
- verifying the received electronic contact address if the submitted verification code is the same as the communicated verification code;
- and
- if the received electronic contract address is verified, associating the electronic contact address with data indicating the verification of the electronic contact address.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.