Patent ID: 8379941
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising the steps of: a) providing a requester with a computer-readable program for a remote computer equipped with a digital photo camera, wherein said computer-readable program controls said digital photo camera and prevents alterations to an image taken with said digital photo camera on said remote computer, b) a server computer receiving from said remote computer a portrait photograph of said requester, taken with said digital photo camera on said digital remote computer, wherein said receiving is achieved by a first computer-readable code on said server computer and by a second computer-readable code on said remote computer, and wherein said server computer and said remote computer are communicatively connected via a computer network, c) obtaining one or more images from one or more computer network information sources, wherein said one or more images are selected from a plurality of all images in said one or more computer network information sources as a function of said personal information, d) extracting a first set of facial features from said portrait photograph of said requester and a second set of facial features from said one or more images obtained from said one or more computer network information sources, and e) calculating a statistical rating of a likelihood that said portrait photograph of said requester and said one or more images obtained from said one or more computer network information sources depict the same person.