Methods for Person's Verification Using Photographs on Identification Documents

Abstract

One embodiment of a method of present invention provides for collecting personal information from a requester, obtaining a digital copy of a photo ID from the requester, isolating requester's photograph from the photo ID, obtaining images from computer network information sources, comparing requester's photograph with the images obtained from computer network information sources, and calculating a statistical rating of a likelihood that requester's photograph and images obtained from said one or more computer network information sources display the same person.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATIONS[0001]This patent application is related to the following concurrently-filed patent application:[0002]U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______, “Systems for Person's Verification Using Photographs on Identification Documents.”[0003]The subject matter of all patent applications is commonly owned and assigned to The Go Daddy Group, Inc. All prior and concurrent applications are incorporated herein in their entirety by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0004]The present invention relates in general to person's verification online using photographs on officially issued identification documents.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0005]A network is a collection of links and nodes (e.g., multiple computers and / or other devices connected together) arranged so that information may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. Examples of networks include the Internet, the public switched telephone network, ...

AI Technical Summary

Problems solved by technology

But many Internet users either do not have the resources available or do not want to create and maintain the infrastructure necessary to host their own websites.

IP addresses, however, even in human readable notation, are difficult for people to remember and use.

This has resulted in what has come to be known as “password fatigue.”

One of the problems facing companies doing business online is verifying that digital identity actually belongs to a real human being (person) and that this particular real human being is not impersonating somebody else.

These systems are not able to validate the real identity of a person because the systems only check whether the requester has control over the email account.

Applicant has noticed that presently-existing systems and methods do not allow for efficient and robust matching of digital identities with the actual human persons.

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