Patent Document ID: 8578501
Application ID: 11870475
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for use by a consenting member of an online community, the method comprising the consenting member: having an online identity which is published within the online community; owning an offline identity which is not published within the online community, and which includes characteristics of the consenting member's offline identity which are designated by electronically stored data that is not published within the online community, the characteristics comprising at least two of the following: geographic territory, profession, a discussion topic listed for an existing forum in the online community, gender, marital status, ethnicity, race, age, organization membership, or religious affiliation; and electronically manifesting consent to regulated review of electronic communications between the consenting member and at least one other member of the online community, the consent including consent to reducing offline identity disclosure risk by comparing electronic communications with at least two characteristics of the consenting member's offline identity which are designated by electronically stored data that is not published within the online community; and electronically obtaining a result of regulated review of the electronic communications.