Patent ID: 8832805

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of verifying user information, the computer-implemented method comprising executing instructions in a computing system to perform the operations of: receiving a request to access a Web site from a first device associated with a user; in response to receiving the request to access the Web site, requesting user information for the user requesting access to the Web site from the first device associated with the user; receiving the user information from the first device associated with the user; transmitting a validation request to a second device associated with the user in response to the receipt of the user information, the validation request comprising a request for a single image including both an image of the user and an image of a valid identity document associated with the user that includes another image of the user; receiving the single image from the second device associated with the user in response to the validation request; extracting user information from the image of the identity document contained in the single image; extracting a first portion of the single image that includes the image of the user; extracting a second portion of the single image that includes the image of the identity document that includes the other image of the user; comparing the extracted first portion to the extracted second portion to determine if the user is represented in the identity document; and granting the request to access the Web site if the received user information corresponds with the user information extracted from the image of the identity document and the user is represented in the identity document.