Tag-Based Trust Association for Identity Verification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Establishing trust in online identities is challenging due to the multitude of online identities and profiles, with some segments of the Internet prioritizing anonymity while others seek to associate online information with trustworthy real-world identities.

Innovation Solution

A method and system for creating a trust association between an account and a web source by identifying a tag within the web source, allowing the server to establish and display a trust association, which can enhance account verification and promote trusted content.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If multiple online identities and profiles are allowed, then user anonymity and freedom are improved, but trust verification and identity reliability deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser anonymityVSAvoididentity trust

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a tag as an intermediary element that connects user accounts to web sources. This tag serves as a mediator that enables trust verification without requiring direct exposure of real-world identities, thus maintaining anonymity while establishing reliability through the tag association mechanism.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback by allowing web sources to verify and confirm the authenticity of account tags. This feedback loop enables the system to build trust associations based on verified information from external web sources, improving identity reliability while preserving user anonymity through the tag-based verification process.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Measurement precision

If tag verification is implemented, then identity verification accuracy is improved, but system complexity and implementation difficulty increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveidentity verification accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the verification mechanism into a separate, standardized tag element that can be independently implemented and verified. By separating the tag verification function from the core account system, the patent improves verification accuracy while reducing overall system complexity through modular design.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The tag system is designed as a universal mechanism that can be applied across multiple platforms and contexts. This multi-functional tag approach enables consistent identity verification across different web sources and account types, improving verification accuracy without proportionally increasing system complexity through standardization.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS11533356B2Establishing a trust association

Publication Date: 2022.12.20 X CORP

AI summary

A method for establishing a trust association includes receiving, by a server, a request to associate a web source with an account, the request having a link to the web source, and accessing, by the server, the web source in response to the request to associate. The method further includes locating, by the server and within the web source, a tag associated with the account, creating, by the server and in response to locating the tag within the web source, a trust association between the account and the web source, and providing, by the server, an indicating of the trust association for display in a user interface of a client device.