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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014

Filed:

Aug. 20, 2008
Applicants:

Keith Newstadt, Newton, MA (US);

Timothy G. Brown, Fort Edward, NY (US);

Inventors:

Keith Newstadt, Newton, MA (US);

Timothy G. Brown, Fort Edward, NY (US);

Assignee:

Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 7/04 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Independent verification of user profile attributes that are stored on third-party community-based web sites is provided. A user request indicates target profile attributes to verify. Profile attribute data concerning a profile owner is collected from a plurality of community sites. The collected data is verified, and results of the verification process are stored in a database. When a user views verified profile attributes on a page on a community site, the corresponding stored verification status is retrieved, and an indication of the trust status of the profile is output to the user, for example by modifying the displayed web page to display the trust status.


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