Patent ID: 8533110
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for verifying employment of a first user with a computer system programmed to perform the method comprising: receiving with the computer system, a first name associated with an organization represented by the first user as an employer on a user-application; receiving with the computer system, a first plurality of social network data associated with the first user from a first social network server, wherein the first plurality of social network data includes a first plurality of social connections associated with the first user, the first plurality of social connections including one or more second users, wherein the first plurality of social network data further includes a second name associated with the organization represented by the first user as the employer on a user-profile on the first social network server and a second-user organization name associated with the organization represented by the one or more second users as the employer on one or more second-user profiles on the first social network server; determining with the computer system, a relationship between the organization associated with the first name and the organization associated with the second name, in response to the first name and the second name received; determining with the computer system, a corroboration indicator by identifying a percentage of the one or more second users having the second-user organization name match with the first name associated with the organization represented by the first user as the employer on the user-application; determining with the computer system, an employment verification indicator based on the relationship and the corroboration indicator determined; and outputting with the computer system, the employment verification indicator.