Joon Y Choi

US Patent:

20090228294, Sep 10, 2009

Filed:

Oct 30, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/262053

Inventors:

Joon Nak Choi - Stanford CA, US
Kevin Trilli - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

ASSERTID INC. - San Francisco CA

International Classification:

G06Q 99/00

US Classification:

705 1, 705 35

Abstract:

Self-asserted socio-demographic attributes of individuals' identities are verified using social network analysis and other means. Through these processes, parties to a transaction or interaction arc provided a measure of confidence about another party's self-asserted socio-demographic attributes, such as age, gender, marital status, etc., in order to assist in determining whether or not to pursue the transaction or interaction. The measure of confidence may be provided as a quantitative “score” indicative of the likelihood the user's self-asserted attribute is actually true. The quantitative score is derived by analyzing a web of trust in which the user is embedded.