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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2012
Gary Kremen, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Eric King, Redwood City, CA (US);
Norman Kremen, Lincolnwood, IL (US);
Gary Kremen, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Eric King, Redwood City, CA (US);
Norman Kremen, Lincolnwood, IL (US);
Sociogramics, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for verifying employment of a first user with a computer system programmed to perform the method includes receiving a first name for a user-represented employer via a user-application, receiving a first plurality of social network data associated with the first user from a first social network server, wherein the first plurality of social network data includes a second name associated with an user-represented employer via a user-profile on the first social network, determining a relationship between the employer associated with the first name and the employer associated with the second name, in response to the first name and to the second name, determining an employment verification indicator in response to the relationship between the employer associated with the first name to the employer associated to the second name and outputting with the computer system, the employment verification indicator.