Patent ID: 8544091

Claim:
For a verification system comprising at least one server with one or more processors and non-transitory computer-readable memory, a computer-implemented method for facilitating verification of an online presence of a particular entity, the computer-implemented method comprising: tracking a first set of service providers that each host a different verified online presence of the particular entity; identifying a second set of service providers that each host a different unverified online presence of the particular entity, wherein an unverified online presence comprises at least one of information and an account relating to the particular entity that has not been verified by the particular entity, and wherein the first set of service providers are different than the second set of service providers; providing, from the verification system to each service provider of the second set of service providers, notice identifying the unverified online presence of the particular entity hosted by the service provider; verifying at least one of the information and the account from the unverified online presence of the particular entity that is hosted by a particular service provider of the second set of service providers by contacting the particular entity; confirming with at least one of the particular entity and the particular service provider that the online presence of the particular entity hosted by the particular service provider has been verified; and updating the first set of service providers by including the particular service provider in response to the confirmation.