Patent ID: 8095672

Claim:
A method for verifying electronic communication aliases, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, by a server computer, collected identities originating from a plurality of client computers, said identities corresponding to electronic communication aliases used by children associated with originating client computers; storing, by a server computer, received identities, corresponding electronic communication aliases, and indications of originating client computers; responsive to receiving an identity and a corresponding electronic communication alias, retrieving, by a server computer, previously stored identities corresponding to the same electronic communication alias; comparing, by a server computer, the retrieved previously stored identities to the received identity; and determining, by a server computer, based upon results of the comparing step, whether the received identity is accurate by increasing a validation score for each retrieved previously stored identity that matches the received identity, decreasing the validation score for each retrieved previously stored identity that does not match the received identity, and comparing the validation score to a threshold value.