Patent Document ID: 20150156208
Application ID: 14175180
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A computer implemented method, comprising: receiving, by the computer, information about the identity of a user of an online system; receiving information about the identity of the user from one or more third party online systems; comparing the received information about the identity of the user and the information about the identity of the user received from the one or more third party online systems; responsive to the received information about the identity of the user of the online system and the information received from the third party online system being different, rejecting the received information about the identity of the user; receiving offline information about the identity of the user; comparing the received information about the identity of the user of the online system and the offline information about the identity of the user; and responsive to the received information about the identity of the user and the offline information about the identity of the user being different, rejecting the received information about the identity of the user.