METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC IDENTITY & LICENSURE VERIFICATION
A system and method for verifying the identity of a first individual by a second individual who is preferably within range, such as, but not limited to, viewing range of the first individual. The first individual receives an Identification Token on his or her electronic device from an Electronic Identification Verification System. When the first individual is within the vicinity of the second individual the Identification Token or a signal representative of the Identification Token is sent from the first individual's electronic device to the electronic device of the second individual. The second individual's electronic device sends the Identification Token to the Electronic Identification Verification System who obtains the verification information associated with the specific Identification Token from an Electronic Identification Verification Database. The verification information is then forwarded to the second individual's electronic device from the Electronic Identification Verification System for use by the second individual to confirm the identity of the first individual or determine that the first individual may be an imposter.
1 . A method for verifying the identity of an individual, the method comprising the steps of:
a. receiving an Identification Token for a first individual whose identity needs to be verified by an electronic device possessed by a second individual, the Identification Token containing a unique identifier;
b. electronically transmitting the received Identification Token by the electronic device possessed by the second individual to a remotely located Electronic Identification Verification System; and
c. electronically receiving verification information for a person associated with the Identification Token by the electronic device of the second individual to allow the second individual to determine if the first individual and the person whose information is received in step c. are the same.
2 . The method for verifying of claim 1 further comprising the step of transmitting the electronic Identification Token by an electronic device possessed by the first individual prior to step a.
3 . The method for verifying of claim 2 further comprising the steps of receiving the electronic Identification Token by a wireless beacon contained within an electronic device of the first individual and electronically forwarding the electronic Identification Token to the electronic device of the second individual by the wireless beacon prior to step a.
4 . The method for verifying of claim 1 wherein the electronic device of the second individual running an installed Electronic Identification Verification System Application.
5 . The method for verifying of claim 1 wherein the first individual is a service provider and the second individual is an end user/customer for a company or business associated with the service provider.
6 . The method for verifying of claim 1 further comprising the step of comparing the Identification Token by the Electronic Identification Verification System with known Identification Tokens stored in an Electronic Identification Token Database to identify the individual whose electronic device initially sent the Identification Token received by the electronic device of the second individual if a matching Identification Token is found in the Electronic Identification Token Database by the Electronic Identification Verification System.
7 . The method for verifying of claim 1 wherein the verification information Is electronically transmitted by the Electronic Identification Verification System to the electronic device of the second individual when the Electronic Identification Verification System finds a matching Identification in an Electronic Identification Token Database that the Electronic Identification Verification System is in communication with.
8 . A system for verifying the identity of a first individual by a second individual, said system comprising:
an Electronic Identification Verification System programmed to generate and forward Identification Tokens with a specific Identification Token assigned to the first individual;
an Electronic Identification Verification Database in communication with the Electronic Identification Verification System,
a first software app running on an electronic device possessed or used by the first individual, the first software app receiving the specific Identification Token sent by the Electronic Identification Verification System;
a second software app running on an electronic device possessed or used by the second individual, the second software app receiving the specific Identification Token sent by the electronic device of the first individual and forwarding the specific Identification Token to the Electronic Identification Verification System, wherein the Electronic Identification Verification System is programmed to obtain identifying/verification information for an individual assigned to the specific Identification Token which is stored in the Electronic Identification Verification Database and is programmed to forward the identifying verification information to the electronic device of the second individual for use by the second individual to verify the identity of the first individual.
9 . The system for verifying of claim 8 wherein the identifying verification information is an image of the individual assigned to the specific Identification Token and the second individual compares the image to the first individual who is in a line of sight of the second individual.
10 . The system for verifying of claim 9 wherein the identity of the first individual is verified by the second individual where a match is determined from comparing the first individual to the image of the individual assigned to the specific Identification Token.
11 . The system for verifying of claim 9 further comprising a beacon for forwarding electronic information from the Electronic Identification Verification System and the electronic device of the first individual.
12 . The system for verifying of claim 9 further comprising a beacon for forwarding electronic information from the electronic device of the first individual to the electronic device of the second individual.
13 . The system for verifying of claim 9 further comprising a beacon for forwarding electronic information back and forth from the electronic device of the second individual and the Electronic Identification Verification System.
14 . The system for verifying of claim 9 wherein the electronic device of the first individual is programmed through the first software app to continuously broadcast the specific Identification Token or a signal representative of the Identification Token.
15 . The system for verifying of claim 14 wherein the Identification Token or a signal representative of the Identification Token is received by the electronic device of the second individual when a location of the electronic device of the first individual is close enough to a location of the electronic device of the second individual such that the electronic device of the second individual is within a broadcast range of the Identification Token or signal representative of the Identification Token broadcasted by the electronic device of the first individual.