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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
May. 08, 2017
Applicant:
Airbnb, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Stephen Kirkham, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Lewis, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Airbnb, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/126 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/316 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for verifying the identity and trustworthiness of a user of an online system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving online and offline identity information for a user and comparing them to a user profile information provided by the user. Furthermore, the user's online activity in a third party online system and the user's offline activity are received. Based on the online activity and the offline activity a trustworthiness score may be calculated.