Patent ID: 9413737
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, in a computing device, a request from a user purporting to act on behalf of an entity; receiving, in the computing device from the user, login credentials of an account of the entity on one of one or more online communication sites; obtaining, by the computing device using the login credentials and from one or more online communication sites, social data identifying a plurality of social connections between the entity and a plurality of respective third parties; identifying, by the computing device, at least a subset of the social connections, wherein each third party in the subset of the social connections has a reliability rating; determining, by the computing device, a reliability rating of the entity based on the subset of the social connections to third parties having reliability ratings in the plurality of social connections of the entity; and determining, by the computing device, whether or not to accept the request based on the reliability rating of the entity.