Patent ID: 8548931

Claim:
A method of authenticating a physical address submitted in an online communication, the method comprising: receiving, by a first entity processor, an online communication, wherein the online communication comprises a physical address to be authenticated and an associated name; requesting and receiving a verification identification (VID) from a delivery service; generating by the first entity processor, an electronic transaction verification document (TVD) comprising an indicia indicative of the VID; transmitting, by the first entity processor, the electronic TVD to a second entity, other than the first entity processor; receiving verification data produced in response to dispatch of a physical embodiment of the TVD, the physical embodiment having been generated by the second entity from the electronic TVD and having been dispatched via the delivery service from a location that is remote from the delivery service, wherein the verification data comprises information related to the location from which the physical embodiment of the TVD was dispatched, and; authenticating, by the first entity processor, the physical address based at least in part on the verification data produced in response to the dispatched physical embodiment of the TVD.