Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Including point of sale terminal or electronic cash register
Reexamination Certificate
2000-03-09
2002-10-15
Rice, Kenneth R. (Department: 3627)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Including point of sale terminal or electronic cash register
Reexamination Certificate
active
06466917
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to the field of e-commerce and, more specifically, to verifying the identity of a participant within a network-based transaction facility such as, for example, an Internet-based auction facility.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
For users of a network-based transaction facility, such as an Internet-based auction facility, verification of user identity is particularly important for enhancing user trust in the transaction facility. Indeed, an assurance that a trader is who he or she claims to be or that a trader has the capacity (e.g. is at least 18 years old) to enter into a transaction may be particularly valuable and useful in providing other traders with a degree of confidence regarding that specific trader. Accordingly, an indication to other traders that the identity of a particular trader is verified by a reliable source may establish the credibility and trustworthiness of this trader within an on-line trading community. Similarly, the absence of such verification may discourage other traders from transacting with this specific trader.
Therefore, it will be advantageous to provide traders with an opportunity to have their identity verified by a reliable source in real time and to make the verification result available to all other traders.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A method and apparatus for verifying identity of a participant in a network-based transaction facility are described. According to one embodiment, user interface information is provided to the participant via a communications network. The user interface information specifies an identity verification interface for obtaining personal information of the participant. The personal information of the participant is passed to a third party for verification via the communications network. Subsequently, a verification result is received from the third party via the communications network. The verification result is then communicated to the participant via the communications network.
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Goyal Anoop
Poon Alex D.
Wen Wen
Blakely , Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP
eBay Inc.
Rice Kenneth R.
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