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US 9,288,217 B2Granted
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.
Claims12
A computer implemented method, comprising:
- receiving, by a computer, information about a first online identity of a user of a first online system, the first online identity including a first name and a last name of the user;
- receiving information about a second online identity of the user from one or more third party online systems, the second online identity including a first name and a last name used with an account of the user in a third party online system different than the first online system;
- determining whether the first online identity is the same or different than the second online identity by:
- calculating a confidence score based on an edit distance between the first name from the first online identity and the first name from the second online identity and an edit distance between the last name from the first online identity and the last name from the second online identity, and
- determining that the first online identity is different from the second online identity when the confidence score is above than a predetermined threshold;
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- responsive to the first online identity being different than second online identity, notifying the user that the received information about the first online identity of the user does not match the second online identity;
- receiving offline information about an offline identity of the user, the offline information including a first name and a last name, from at least one of a driver license of the user, a passport of the user, and a government issued identification of the user;
- comparing the first online identity to the offline identity to determine whether the first online identity is the same or different than the offline identity, and
- responsive to the first online identity being different than offline identity, notifying the user that the received information about the first online identity of the user does not match the offline identity of the user.
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A system comprising:
- a processor;
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- a computer readable medium configured to store instructions, the instructions when executed by a processor cause the processor to:
- receive information about a first online identity of a user of a first online system, the first online identity including a first name and a last name of the user;
- receive information about a second online identity of the user from one or more third party online systems, the second online identity including a first name and a last name used with an account of the user in the third party online system different than the first online system;
- determining whether the first online identity is the same or different than the second online identity by:
- calculating a confidence score based on an edit distance between the first name from the first online identity and the first name from the second online identity and an edit distance between the last name from the first online identity and the last name from the second online identity, and
- determining that the first online identity is different from the second online identity when the confidence score is above than a predetermined threshold;
- responsive to the first online identity being different than second online identity, notifying the user that the received information about the first online identity of the user does not match the second online identity;
- receive offline information about an offline identity of the user, the offline information including a first name and a last name, from at least one of a driver license, a passport, and a government issued identification;
- compare the first online identity to the offline identity to determine whether the first online identity is the same or different than the offline identity, and
- responsive to first online identity being different than offline identity, notify the user that the received information about the first online identity of the user does not match the offline identity of the user.
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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions, the instructions when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- receive information about a first online identity of a user of a first online system, the first online identity including a first name and a last name of the user;
- receive information about a second online identity of the user from one or more third party online systems, the second online identity including a first name and a last name used with an account of the user in the third party online system different than the first online system;
- determining whether the first online identity is the same or different than the second online identity by:
- calculating confidence score based on an edit distance between the first name from the first online identity and the first name from the second online identity and an edit distance between the last name from the first online identity and the last name from the second online identity, and
- determining that the first online identity is different from the second online identity when the confidence score is above than a predetermined threshold;
- responsive to the first online identity being different than second online identity, notifying the user that the received information about the first online identity of the user does not match the second online identity,
- receive offline information about an offline identity of the user, the offline information including a first name and a last name, from at least one of a driver license, a passport, and a government issued identification;
- compare the first online identity to the offline identity to determine whether the first online identity is the same or different than the offline identity, and
- responsive to first online identity being different than offline identity, notify the user that the received information about the first online identity of the user does not match the offline identity of the user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.