Patent ID: RE44671

Claim:
A system for verifying personal identity of a first party where a second party verifies the identity of the first party, comprising: a database; and a processor that receives and stores in the database a first set of information pertaining to at least the first party, wherein the information includes identifying information and contact information, and a second set of information pertaining to at least one other party personally acquainted with the at least the first party, wherein the second set of information includes contact information and a voice recording of the at least one other party speaking the name of the first party, links the first set of information and the second set of information to create at least one link record linking the at least the first party with the at least one other party, stores the at least one link record in the database, receives via a data communications network identifying information from the second party to verify the identity of the at least the first party, matches the identifying information received from the second party with the first set of information stored in the database, retrieves the matched first set of information and the at least one link record from the database, uses the at least one link record to retrieve the second set of information pertaining to the at least one other party from the database, uses the contact information to place the at least one other party in communication with the first party via a telecommunications network, requests the at least one other party to verify the identity of the first party, receives a response to the request from the at least one other party, compares the response to the recording previously made by the at least one other party, and transmits a result of the comparison to the second party via the data communications network.