Advocate for Facilitating Verification for the Online Presence of an Entity

摘要

Some embodiments provide an advocate system to facilitate automated online presence verification for different entities on behalf of the entities. The advocate system places service providers on notice that profiles and information hosted by them and that form the online presence for a particular entity should first be verified with that particular entity. The advocate system further facilitates online presence verification by 1) directly or indirectly connecting the service providers that are placed on notice with the appropriate authoritative entities to facilitate the verification of the profiles and information, 2) selectively targeting service providers hosting profiles and information that are unverified, 3) automatedly verifying hosted profiles and information based on a verified profile lists and verified information that authoritative entities provide to a central repository. In so doing, the advocate system prevents potential damage to the authoritative entity's credibility while also mitigating potential for fraud, identity theft, etc.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method performed by a verification system comprising a server with a processor, the computer-implemented method for monitoring an online presence of a particular entity, the computer-implemented method comprising:
maintaining a list comprising a first set of service providers that host a verified online presence of the particular entity, wherein the verified online presence comprises at least one of information and a profile for the particular entity that has been verified; querying each of a different second set of service providers using at least one identifier identifying the particular entity; identifying a particular service provider from the second set of service providers that hosts an unverified online presence of the particular entity, wherein the unverified online presence comprises at least one of information and a profile for the particular entity that has not been verified; and placing the particular service provider on notice regarding the unverified online presence that is hosts for the particular entity.