Patent ID: 8687038

Claim:
A verification and notification process implemented by a computing system, the process comprising: receiving, from a user, information responsive to at least part of a form that is presented to the user on a website, the received information including an electronic contact address associated with the user; verifying the received electronic contact address, wherein verifying the received electronic contact address includes: establishing a first telephonic connection with the user using the received electronic contact address; communicating a first communicated verification code to the user through the first telephonic connection; receiving a first submitted verification code after it is entered by the user via the website; and verifying the received electronic contact address if the first submitted verification code is the same as the first communicated verification code; establishing a notification event associated with the user; upon detecting an occurrence of the established notification event, re-verifying the electronic contact address, wherein re-verifying the electronic contact address includes: establishing a second telephonic connection with the user using the verified electronic contact address; communicating a second communicated verification code to the user through the second telephonic connection; receiving a second submitted verification code that is entered by the user via the website; and re-verifying the electronic contact address if the second submitted verification code is the same as the second communicated verification code.