Patent ID: 8832809

Claim:
A system for registering a user with two or more websites, the system comprising: at least one processor configured to: (a) receive a request from at least one of the two or more websites to register the user with the two or more websites; (b) receive an IP address for a computing device being used by the user; (c) after receiving the IP address: (1) obtain a location associated with the IP address; and (2) identify whether the user is in a jurisdiction that permits the user to register with the two or more websites; (d) receive one or more parameters obtained from the user, the one or more parameters comprising characteristics of the user; (e) after receiving the one or more parameters: (1) verify an age of the user based on at least one of the one or more parameters; (2) after verifying the age of the user, determine which of the one or more types of transaction activities the user is permitted to conduct on the two or more websites based on the age of the user; (3) query one or more registration attempts across the two or more websites over a predetermined previous time period, the query retrieving one or more parameters associated with the one or more registration attempts, the one or more parameters including at least one or more IP addresses associated with the one or more registration attempts; (4) identify duplicate or similar parameters, the duplicate or similar parameters being identified by comparing the retrieved one or more parameters associated with the one or more registration attempts with the one or more parameters obtained from the user; (5) identify duplicate IP addresses, the duplicate IP addresses being identified by comparing the IP addresses associated with the one or more registration attempts to the IP address for the computing device being presently used by the user; and (6) verify the user's identity based at least on one of the one or more parameters obtained from the user and the IP address for the computing device being presently used by the user; and (f) after: (1) not identifying duplicate or similar parameters from (e)(2); and (2) verifying the user's identity from (e)(3), generate a unique user identifier associated with the user, the unique user identifier being configured to identify the user across the two or more websites.