Patent Document ID: 20130066971
Application ID: 13608758
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method for confirming authorship of documents, performed on a server having at least one processor and memory storing at least one program for execution by the at least one processor to perform the method, comprising: accessing a first document hosted on a first website of a first domain, the first document including an authorship identifier asserting authorship of the first document by an entity; conditionally confirming authorship of the first document by the entity when (i) a profile for the entity is associated with the authorship identifier, and (ii) the profile for the entity indicates that the entity has confirmed that the authorship identifier is included in documents authored by the entity that are hosted on the first website of the first domain; responsive to confirming authorship of the first document by the entity, permitting application of a confirmed authorship process to the first document; and responsive to failing to confirm authorship of the first document by the entity, barring application of the confirmed authorship process to the first document.