Patent ID: 8904500
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method performed by a verification system comprising a server with a hardware processor, the computer-implemented method for monitoring an online presence of a particular entity, the computer-implemented method comprising: maintaining a list comprising a first set of service providers that host a verified online presence of the particular entity, wherein the verified online presence comprises at least one of information and a profile for the particular entity that has been verified; querying each of a different second set of service providers using at least one identifier identifying the particular entity; identifying a particular service provider from the second set of service providers that hosts an unverified online presence of the particular entity, wherein the unverified online presence comprises at least one of information and a profile for the particular entity that has not been verified; placing the particular service provider on notice regarding the unverified online presence that it hosts for the particular entity; and verifying with at least one of the particular entity and the particular service provider that the online presence of the particular entity that is hosted by the particular service provider has been verified.