Title: SECURING SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERSWITHPINS
`Inventors: B. Gephart, M. Dobson, and B. Mitchell
`Attorney Docket: 14698.5
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`FIGURE1
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`Receive one or more social security numbers
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`Store the linked association of the social security
`numbers and personalidentifiers securely
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`Receive one or more personal identifiers
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`Link the social security numbers to the personal
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`Title: SECURING SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERSWITHPINS
`Inventors: B. Gephart, M. Dobson, and B. Mitchell
`Attorney Docket: 14698.5
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`FIGURE 2
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`Receive one or more social security numbersfor
`verification
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`Comparereceived additional information to a
`linked association with social security number
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`Promptfor additional information
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`Send response based on comparison results
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`PATENT APPLICATION
`Docket No.: 14698.5
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`UNITED STATES PROVISIONAL PATENT APPLICATION
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`of
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`Brian R. Gephart
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`Mike Dobson
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`Brad Mitchell
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`for
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`SECURING SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS WITH PINS
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`SECURING SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERSWITHPINS
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`CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
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`[0001] N/A
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`BACKGROUND
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`1.
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`The Field of the Invention
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`[0002] Implementations of the present
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`invention relate to systems for securing
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`sensitive numbers with on one or more Personal Identification Numbers.
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`2. Background and Relevant Art
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`[0003]
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`As computerized systems have increased in popularity, so have the needs
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`to secure information used therewith. One way accessto certain types of information
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`has been secured in the past is through a user providing a social security number as
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`part of a verification process. Upon providing the social security number, the user
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`might then be granted access to a wide range of personal information, such as bank
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`account information, grade information at a college, or the like. Unfortunately, if
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`another person were to steal the social security number, the thief might be able to
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`impersonate the user and obtain access to the sensitive personal information. This is
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`generally because someone presenting a social security numberis not always required
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`to provide supporting documentation to show ownership of the social security
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`number. Asa result, people are often reticent to use their social security number for
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`obtaining accounts and/or for continuing to use them as a verification means even
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`though they may alwaysbe associated with the social security number.
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`[0004]
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`More recently, a numberof states are now forbidding schools from using
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`social security numbers as a primary identifier. For example, the state of Arizona
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`prohibits its major universities from use of social security numbers,
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`the state of
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`Colorado prohibits requiring their use in public or private post-secondaryinstitutions,
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`the states of New York and West Virginia prohibit requiring their use in all public
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`and/or private schools, and the state of Kentucky provides an “opt out” exclusion.
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`In
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`addition, the state of Arizona further has a number of rules regarding the electronic
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`transmission of social security numbers.
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`[0005]
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`Furthermore, there are a number of additional laws that limit the usage of
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`social security numbers. For example,the state of California (along with twelve other
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`states) is proposing one or more bills that would allow consumers to “freeze” credit
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`reporting by the bureaus, and further restrict posting and printing of social security
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`numbers.
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`In addition, the state of California is also proposing one or more bills that
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`require customer notification of security breeches. Along these lines, the state of
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`Colorado is proposing one or more bills designed to prevent government agencies
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`from incorporating social security numbers into licenses, permits, passes, or the like.
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`Similarly, the state of Georgia now requires personal data to be destroyed in a wide
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`range of cases, whether paper or electronic, and institutes a wide range of commercial
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`penalties for failing to do so.
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`[0006]
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`In addition to these legislative efforts, groups such as the Electronic
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`Privacy
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`Information Center
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`have made
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`a
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`number of
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`security
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`recommendations regarding social security numbers.
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`In particular,
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`the EPIC has
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`proposed limiting the use of social security numbers to those circumstances where use
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`is explicitly authorized by law. For example, an employer may be permitted to ask an
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`employee for an SSN for tax-reporting purposes (as long as the SSN remains the
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`Taxpayer Identification Number), but a health club may not be permitted to ask a
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`customer for an SSN as a condition of membership.
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`In addition,
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`the EPIC has
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`recommended prohibiting the sale (and display) of social security numbers by
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`government agencies, since it may be inconsistent with Section 7 of the Privacy Act
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`to allow the federal government to disseminate social security numbers in the first
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`place.
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`[0007]
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`Furthermore, EPIC has
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`recommended preventing companies
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`from
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`compelling consumers to disclose their social security numbers as a condition of
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`service or sale, unless there is a statutory basis for the request. EPIC has also
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`recommended penalizing the fraudulent use of another person’s social security
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`number, but not the use of an social security number that is not associated with an
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`actual individual. This could permit, for example, a person to provide a number such
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`as "123-00-6789" where there is no intent to commit fraud. The PIC has further
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`encouraged the developmentof alternative, less intrusive means of identification.
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`[0008]
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`A numberof these legislative efforts and recommendations are based on a
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`number of well-known existing privacy problems. Recently, for example, a number
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`of large institutions have been sued for potential data loss affecting hundreds of
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`thousands of people due to putative privacy breaches. To fight such liabilities, a
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`number of companies are beginning to force the customer to waive rights to sue if
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`they lose customer data. This is, perhaps, not surprising since organizations recognize
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`the wide potential of liability for even one person to recover from identity theft, much
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`less hundreds of thousands of people. For example, some organizations estimate that
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`it can take the average person potentially tens to hundreds of hours and hundreds of
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`dollars to repair the mess caused by an instance of identity theft. Under current
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`federal and state laws,
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`individuals may nevertheless have little recourse to seek
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`damagesfor their losses.
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`[0009]
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`Besides the mere fact
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`that social security number usage can pose
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`significant privacy loss risks, there are many ways in which social security numbers
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`can be intercepted. For example, an outside hacker may gain access to a computer
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`and access social security data. Similarly, unauthorized employees or contractors
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`might be able to access such information through internal database usage and access.
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`Similarly, printed materials and reports within an organization often contain social
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`security information.
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`Still further, backup data from a computer system often
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`contains social security data if it was contained on the computer being backed up. Yet
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`still further, social security data access may be obtained simply through accidental
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`outside access, such as a view of computer screen through a window, overhearing a
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`conversation with bankingteller, and so forth.
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`[0010]
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`Accordingly, there are a numberof difficulties associated with securing
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`private information associated with traditional social security number usage.
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`BRIEF SUMMARY
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`[0011]
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`Implementations of the present invention provide systems, methods, and
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`computer program products configured to pair a traditional personal identification
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`number (“PIN”), or other personal
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`identifier, with a social security number for
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`verifying that an individual is the ownerof a social security number. In particular, the
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`ownerof the social security number can link a PIN,or other identifier, to their social
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`security numberin a data storage system.
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`If the ownerof a social security numberis
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`required to verify their identity, the institution requiring the identity verification can
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`request that the individual submit their PIN, or other personal information, in order to
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`verify that it is paired with the social security number. If the PIN matches the social
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`security number/PIN pairing in the data storage system, the institution can be notified
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`that the identity of the individual is valid, and/or that the individual indeed ownsthe
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`social security number(s).
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`[0012]
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`Accordingly, at least one implementation of the present invention relates
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`generally to a computer system and/or data storage system for storing social security
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`numberpairing with one or more personal identifiers, such as a traditional plural digit
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`PIN.
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`In general, paired data can include a PIN, a password, an answerto a question,
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`biometric data, and/or a digital photo. For example, the computerized system(s) can
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`set up a social security number/PIN pairing with the social security number, and
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`values associated with addresses, birthdays, and so forth. The computer system can
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`then receive a request to authorize data access based on a social security number, and
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`can then request additional paired information. The user can then supply the PIN (or
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`other identifiers) through any one or more electronic interfaces, including internet and
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`telephone voice interfaces to thus prove ownership of the social security number.
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`[0013]
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`In addition, at least one implementation of the present invention relates to
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`a method or system for linking the social security number and personal identifiers.
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`The method involves any one or more acts for receiving submitted personal data and
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`social security information.
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`In addition, the method can involve verifying through
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`one or more database checks that the social security number and provided personal
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`identification information are both valid and appropriately linked together.
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`Furthermore, the method can then involve providing a corresponding response, such
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`as that the access is approved or not approved,or that further information may need to
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`be provided.
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`[0014]
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`This Summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts in a
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`simplified form that are further described below in the Detailed Description. This
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`Summary is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed
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`subject matter, nor is it intended to be used as an aid in determining the scope of the
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`claimed subject matter.
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`[0015]
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`Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the
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`description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be
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`learned by the practice of the invention. The features and advantages of the invention
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`may be realized and obtained by means of the instruments and combinations
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`particularly pointed out in the appended claims. These and other features of the
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`present invention will become more fully apparent from the following description and
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`appended claims, or may be learned by the practice of the invention as set forth
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`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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`[0016]
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`In order to describe the manner in which the above-recited and other
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`advantages and features of the invention can be obtained, a more particular
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`description of the invention briefly described above will be rendered by reference to
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`specific embodiments thereof which are illustrated in the appended drawings.
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`Understanding that these drawings depict only typical embodiments of the invention
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`and are not therefore to be consideredto be limiting of its scope, the invention will be
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`described and explained with additional specificity and detail through the use of the
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`accompanying drawings in which:
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`[0017]
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`Figure 1
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`illustrates an overview flowchart
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`in accordance with an
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`implementation of the present invention for receiving and storing a linked association
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`between social security numbers and personal identifiers; and
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`[0018]
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`Figure 2 illustrates an overview flowchart
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`in accordance with an
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`implementation of the present invention for verifying ownership of a social security
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`number through comparison of additionally received information with a linked
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`DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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`[0019]
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`Implementations of the present invention extend to systems, methods, and
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`computer program products configured to pair a traditional personal identification
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`number (“PIN”), or other personal
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`identifier, with a social security number for
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`verifying that an individual is the ownerof a social security number. In particular, the
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`ownerof the social security number can link a PIN,or other identifier, to their social
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`security numberin a data storage system.
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`If the ownerof a social security numberis
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`required to verify their identity, the institution requiring the identity verification can
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`request that the individual submit their PIN, or other personal information, in order to
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`verify that it is paired with the social security number. If the PIN matches the social
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`security number/PIN pairing in the data storage system, the institution can be notified
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`that the identity of the individual is valid, and/or that the individual indeed ownsthe
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`social security number(s).
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`[0020]
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`As will be appreciated more fully herein, implementations of the present
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`invention include a number of components and mechanisms for securely storing as
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`well as verifying social security number associations.
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`In one implementation, for
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`example, a computer system (e.g., a data storage system) is configured generally for
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`storing social security number pairing with PIN or other personal data. For example,
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`the flowchart of Figure 1 indicates that the computer system can perform a step 100 of
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`at least receiving one or more social security numbers. These social security numbers
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`can be provided through any electronic or manual transmission means. The computer
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`system is thus configured at least to store the social security number.
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`[0021]
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`The computer system can also be configured to store a linked association
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`of the social security number with data that is at least intended to be paired with a
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`PIN. One will appreciate, of course, that this may or may not be the same computer
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`system, for added security benefits. or example, Figure 1 also shows that the
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`method performed at the computer system can comprise a step for receiving one or
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`more personalidentifiers.
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`[0022]
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`Generally, these identifiers will be paired with a particular social security
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`number, and can include (but are not limited to) a traditional PIN (e.g., a series of
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`numbers), and a password (e.g., any series of alpha-numeric characters).
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`This
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`personal data can further include a challenge/response mechanism, such as an answer
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`to question, where the individual provides the answer to a question. The personal data
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`can still further include various biometric data, such as any one or more of a finger
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`print, an iris/retinal scan, a DNA sample, or the like. The personal data to be
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`associated with a social security numbercanyetstill further include a digital photo.
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`[0023]
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`The computer system can then store a linked association between the
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`social security number and the personal data. For example, Figure 1 showsthat the
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`method can include a step 120 for linking the social security numbers to the personal
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`identifiers numbers.
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`In some cases, for example, the computer system maystore this
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`information in a relational database for which access is limited to a small numberof
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`administrative personnel.
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`In other cases, the computer system may store the social
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`security number in one database with initial account information, and relate that
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`database information to another computer system on a local network that stores
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`associated personal biometric data. For example, the method of Figure 1 further
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`includes a step 130 for storing the linked association of the social security numbers
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`and the personal identifiers securely.
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`In particular, one will appreciate upon reading
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`the disclosure herein that verification of the social security number will require
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`providing the linked association data (e.g., biometric data).
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`[0024]
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`In some cases, the computer system (or another computer system) can also
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`be configured to set up initial verifications for the social security number.
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`For
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`example, the computer system can be configured to receive initial verification, which
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`includes, of course, the social security number, and can also include butis not limited
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`to such information as a date of birth, a current or prior address, a current or prior
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`employer address, or the like. For example, the computer system can be a bank
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`teller’s personal computer that is linked to a mainframe. The mainframe can thus
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`receive the social security information and basic date of birth information and so on.
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`This information is then stored in the mainframe pursuant to receiving additional
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`personal identification information for a linked association.
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`[0025]
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`One will appreciate that an individual can initially verify their identity and
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`submit the PIN (or other personal data) through any one or more of a network
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`interface, and an Interactive Voice Response (“IVR”) and/or Voice Response Unit
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`(“VRU”).
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`For example, an individual can verify their identity at
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`the financial
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`institution where trying to set up the account via in-person (or a local network
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`interface). The individual can also verify their identity by submitting their personal
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`data (PIN, biometric information) through a call center enabled with VRU/IVR for
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`PIN or other personal data.
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`[0026]
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`In addition to the foregoing, implementations of the present invention can
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`include one or more methods for securely granting access to an account by requiring
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`verification of ownership of a social security number. As shown in Figure 2, for
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`example, one method can include a step 200 of receiving one or more social security
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`numbersfor verification. For example, a user submits their social security number as
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`a means to obtain certain sensitive account information.
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`In addition, Figure 2 shows
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`that
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`the method can include a step 210 for prompting the user for additional
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`information (this may be a separate step or part of the same step as with step 200). In
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`such a case, the user might then submit a PIN or other biometric information.
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`[0027]
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`ASpreviously mentioned, one will appreciate that the user can submitthis
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`information through any appropriate transmission means, potentially secured through
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`any appropriate secure transmission protocols (e.g., on networks — HTTPS, SSL, TSL,
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`etc.)
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`In particular, the individual may submit the social security and/or personal
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`identification information through any one or more of a wide area network website,
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`IVR/VRUinterface, in-person or through a local area network website.
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`[0028]
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`Upon receipt of this information from the user and/or the account granting
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`institution,
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`the computer system can then verify ownership of the social security
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`number. Thus, for example, Figure 2 shows that the method can include a step 220
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`for comparing received additional information to a linked association with the social
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`security number.
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`In particular, the computer system can identify if the social security
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`number is one that is stored or accessible to the computer system in some way, and
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`then identify that the social security numberis linked to a particular association with
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`personal
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`identification information.
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`If so linked,
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`the computer system can then
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`identify if such personal information was provided, and if so, whether it matches what
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`is stored internally.
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`[0029]
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`The computer system can then provide a corresponding response to the
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`user. For example, Figure 2 shows that the method can further include a step 230 for
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`sending a response based on the comparison results. This can generally include the
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`computer system responding over the same communication means used to transmit
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`the social security numberand personalidentification information in the first instance.
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`Of course, other return transmission means may be appropriate, including any wired,
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`[0030]
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`In general, the response provided by the computer system can include any
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`one or more of information that there is a match, no match, or that the verification
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`cannot be made with the current information (i.e., more information may be needed to
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`complete the comparison).
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`[0031]
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`The embodiments of the present invention may comprise a special purpose
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`or general-purpose computer including various computer hardware, as discussed in
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`greater detail below. Embodiments within the scope of the present invention also
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`include computer-readable media for carrying or having computer-executable
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`instructions or data structures stored thereon. Such computer-readable media can be
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`any available media that can be accessed by a general purpose or special purpose
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`computer.
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`By way of example, and not limitation, such computer-readable media can
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`comprise RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROMorother optical disk storage, magnetic
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`disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium which can be
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`used to carry or store desired program code meansin the form of computer-executable
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`instructions or data structures and which can be accessed by a general purpose or
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`special purpose computer. When information is transferred or provided over a
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`network or another communications connection (either hardwired, wireless, or a
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`combination of hardwired or wireless) to a computer, the computer properly views the
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`connection as a computer-readable medium. Thus, any such connection is properly
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`termed a computer-readable medium. Combinations of the above should also be
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`included within the scope of computer-readable media.
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`Computer-executable instructions comprise, for example, instructions and
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`data which cause a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or special
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`purpose processing device to perform a certain function or group of functions.
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`Although the subject matter has been described in language specific to structural
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`features and/or methodological acts, it is to be understood that the subject matter
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`defined in the appended claims is not necessarily limited to the specific features or
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`acts described above. Rather,
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`the specific features and acts described above are
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`disclosed as example forms of implementing the claims.
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`[0034]
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`The present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without
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`departing from its spirit or essential characteristics. The described embodiments are
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`to be considered in all respects only as illustrative and notrestrictive. The scope of
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`therefore,
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`indicated by the appended claims rather than by the
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`foregoing description. All changes which come within the meaning and range of
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`equivalency of the claims are to be embraced within their scope.
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`Weclaim:
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`CLAIMS
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`1.
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`In a computerized environmentin which a social security numberis used as
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`a meansto verify a person’s identity in order to set up one or more accounts, one
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`or more computer program products having computer-executable instructions
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`stored thereon that, when executed, cause one or more processors to perform a
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`method of securely storing the social security number in with a linked association
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`to additional personal identification information, comprising the actsof:
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`receiving one or more social security numbers;
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`receiving one or more personalidentifiers;
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`linking the one or more social security numbers to the one or more
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`personal identifiers through one or more corresponding linked associations;
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`and
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`storing the one or more linked associations of the one or more social
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`security numbers and the one or more personal identifiers securely, such that
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`ownership of
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`the one or more social security numbers
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`is proven by
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`presentation of the one or more personal identifiers.
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`2.
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`In a computerized environmentin which a social security numberis used as
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`a meansto set up one or more accounts, one or more computer program products
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`having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause
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`one or more processors to perform a method of verifying ownership of the social
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`security number based on the receipt and comparison of additional personal
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`identification information, comprising the actsof:
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`receiving one or more social security numbers for verification to open
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`and/or access one or more accounts from one or more users;
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`prompting the one or more users for additional personal information
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`corresponding to the presented one or more social security numbers;
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`comparing the received additional information to one or more linked
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`associations for the received one or more social security numbers; and
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`sending one or more responses to the one or more users based on a
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`comparison of the received additional
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`information to any results of the
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`comparison.
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`ABSTRACT
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`Implementations of the present invention include systems and methods for
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`pairing a traditional personal identification number, or other personalidentifier, with a
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`social security number pursuant at least in part to verifying that an individual is the
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`owner of a social security number.
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`In particular, the owner of the social security
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`number can link a PIN, or other identifier, to their social security numberin a data
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`storage system.
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`If the owner of a social security number is required to verify their
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`identity, the institution requiring the identity verification can request from the user
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`and submit the person’s PIN, or other personal information, to a third-party granting
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`system, in order to verify that it is paired with the social security number.
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`If the PIN
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`matches the social security number/PIN pairing in the data storage system,
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`the
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`institution can be notified that the individual is verified, and/or indeed ownsthe social
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`security number.
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`Filing Date:
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`Title of Invention:
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`SECURING SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS WITH PINS
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