Patent ID: 8484186

Claim:
A system for determining a person that matches a user request, the system comprising: a computing device that is operative to: receive from a user computing device a request of a requesting user that includes identification information at least partially identifying a person other than the requesting user, the request including a name of the person; retrieve from a data store personal information regarding the requesting user; retrieve from at least one validated data source validated personal information regarding two or more individuals potentially matching the request; for each of the two or more individuals potentially matching the request, determine match scores for the respective individuals, wherein the match scores are determined at least in part by comparing the personal information regarding the requesting user and the validated personal information regarding the respective individuals; determine at least one matching individual from the two or more individuals potentially matching the request, wherein the at least one matching individual is determined based on the at least one matching individual having a highest determined match score among the two or more individuals potentially matching the request; and send to the user computing device information associated with the at least one matching individual.