Patent ID: 8538065

Claim:
A system, comprising: a) means for obtaining a first image from a requester via a web-based graphical user interface, wherein said first image depicts a person, and wherein said web-based graphical user interface is achieved by a first computer-readable code on a server computer and by a second computer-readable code on a remote computer, and wherein said server computer and said remote computer are communicatively connected via a computer network, b) means for obtaining a contact information for one or more vouching persons, wherein said requester identifies said one or more vouching persons as having personal knowledge of said requester, c) means for sending an electronic message to said one or more vouching persons, wherein said electronic message contains a link to a second web-based graphical user interface containing an image lineup of two or more images and a selector to choose an image depicting said requester from said two or more images in said image lineup, wherein said image lineup contains at least said first image obtained from said requester and contains at least a second image not obtained from said requester, d) means for receiving a selection choice to said selector from said one or more vouching persons, wherein said selection choice identifies whether said first image in said image lineup depicts said requester, and e) means for calculating a statistical rating of a likelihood that said first image obtained from said requester depicts said requester by using said selection choice received from said one or more vouching persons.