Patent ID: 8966602
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a first computing device associated with a social-networking system a second computing device, a first request to verify a claimed identity of a user of the social-networking system; sending, by the first computing device to a mobile computing device associated with the user, a second request for information about the user, the mobile computing device including an application associated with the social-networking system; receiving, at the first computing device from the mobile computing device, the information about the user; recognizing the mobile computing device as a trusted device known by the social-networking system to be associated with an account of the user of the social-networking system, based at least in part on the information received from the mobile computing device; determining, by the first computing device, a confidence score indicating a confidence level of the claimed identity of the user, based at least in part on the information received from the mobile computing device and information provided by the social-networking system; and sending, by the first computing device to the second computing device, the confidence score for verifying the claimed identity of the user.