System and method of identity verification

US9311646B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• United States Postal Service · US

Inventors

• Donald Eugene Irwin · Fredericksburg, US
• Nan K. McKenzie · Garrett Park, US
• William Albert Tartal · Baltimore, US
• Victoria K. Stephen · Burke, US
• Michael J. Amato · Reston, US
• William G. Ackerman · Washington, US
• Robert E. Dixon, Jr. · Haymarket, US
• Daniel W. Smith · Washington, US
• Gregory Crabb · Ashburn, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 13, 2014
• Grant date: Apr 12, 2016
• Expiry date: Mar 13, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06V30/418
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method of verifying the identity of a user or registrant. The user or registrant provides identification information and registration information. The identification information may be a visual representation of an identifying item associated with location information. In some embodiments, the identification information may be a visual representation of a government issued identity. An identification module verifies the identification information and compares the verified identification information to the registration information.