Patent ID: 11924219
Assignee: KYC AVC UK LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 11:
12. A Software-As-A-Service (SaaS) apparatus, comprising:
computer hardware comprising at least one hardware processor; and
computer memory holding computer software executed by the at least one hardware processor, the computer software configured to execute in association with and as a third party workflow proceeds, the third party workflow involving an individual having an email address, the computer software comprising program code configured to:
receive a request to estimate an age of the individual, the request identifying the email address;
responsive to receipt of the request, issue a query to a set of one or more data sources, each data source being of a different type and having an age attribute associated therewith, the query requesting an indication whether the email address has been seen in the data source;
responsive to receipt of one or more data points from the set of one or more data sources, associate an age attribute to each indication received;
based on a frequency of occurrence of the indications and the associated age attributes, build a digital footprint that includes an estimate of a minimum age of the individual; and
return to the third party workflow a response to the request based on the estimated minimum age.