SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRELATING PERSONAL IDENTIFIERS WITH CORRESPONDING ONLINE PRESENCE

1 . A method including:

providing, by use of a data processor, a user interface to enable a user to specify a person or personal identifier of interest;

producing search terms associated with the person or personal identifier of interest;

using the search terms in a search query to obtain related search results collected from a plurality of content sources;

filtering the search results to obtain information indicative of a plurality of profile sources;

using the information indicative of a plurality of profile sources to obtain related profiles collected from a plurality of profile sources;

filtering the related profiles to obtain a set of matching profiles; and

reporting information on other person or personal identifier of interest and links to the corresponding matching profiles to the user.

2 . The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of content sources represent a source of content accessible via a data network.

3 . The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of profile sources represent a source of a profile accessible via a data network.

4 . The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein using the search terms in a search query to obtain related search results includes using a search engine.

5 . The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein using the search terms in a search query to obtain related search results includes making a direct access to a website using a link.

6 . The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein filtering the search results includes scanning a page of search result content for a reference to the person or personal identifier of interest.

7 . The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein filtering the search results includes scanning search result content for pages that include a uniform resource locator (URL), which is in a particular format known to be associated with the person or personal identifier of interest.

8 . The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the user interface to enable a user to specify a person or personal identifier of interest being further configured to enable a user to specify a biometric of a person or personal identifier of interest, the biometric being used to filter the related profiles to obtain a set of matching profiles.

9 . The method as claimed in claim 1 including determining if a profile contains a link. back to a site known to be associated with the person or personal identifier of interest.

10 . The method as claimed in claim 1 including generating a relevance score corresponding to each of the profiles in the set of matching profiles.

11 . A system comprising:

a data processor;

a database, in data communication with the processor, for storage of personal information; and

a personal correlation management module, executable by the processor, to:

provide, by use of the data processor, a user interface to enable a user to specify a person or personal identifier of interest;

produce search terms associated with the person or personal identifier of interest;

use the search terms in. a search query to obtain related search results collected from a plurality of content sources;

filter the search results to obtain information indicative of a plurality of profile sources;

use the information indicative of a plurality of profile sources to obtain related profiles collected from a plurality of profile sources;

filter the related profiles to obtain a set of matching profiles; and

reporting information on the person or personal identifier of interest and links to the corresponding matching profiles to the user.

12 . The system as claimed in claim 11 wherein each of the plurality of content sources represent a source of content accessible via a data network.

13 . The system as claimed in claim 11 wherein each of the plurality of profile sources represent a source of a profile accessible via a data network.

14 . The system as claimed in claim 11 wherein using the search terms in a search query to obtain related search results includes using a search engine.

15 . The system as claimed in claim 11 wherein using the search terms in a search query to obtain related search results includes making a direct access to a website using a link.

16 . The system as claimed in claim 11 wherein filtering the search results includes scanning a page of search result content for a reference to the person or personal, identifier of interest.

17 . The system as claimed in claim 11 wherein filtering the search results includes scanning search result content for pages that include a uniform resource locator (URL), which is in a particular format known to be associated with the person or personal identifier of interest.

18 . The system as claimed in claim 11 wherein the user interface to enable a user to specify a person or personal identifier of interest being further configured to enable a user to specify a biometric of a person or personal identifier of interest, the biometric being used to filter the related profiles to obtain a set of matching profiles.

19 . The system as claimed in claim 11 being further configured to determine if a profile contains a link back to a site known to be associated with the person or personal identifier of interest.

20 . A non-transitory machine-useable storage medium embodying instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:

provide, by use of a data processor, a user interface to enable a user to specify a person or personal identifier of interest;

produce search terms associated with the person or personal identifier of interest:

use the search terms in a search query to obtain related search results collected from a plurality of content sources;

filter the search results to obtain information indicative of a plurality of profile sources;

use the information indicative of a plurality of profile sources to obtain related profiles collected from a plurality of profile sources;

filter the related profiles to obtain a set of matching profiles; and

reporting information on the person or personal identifier of interest and links to the corresponding matching profiles to the user.