US 11,924,219 B1
Age assurance during an interactive query workflow
Ayrton K. Campbell, London (GB); Andrew J. Lulham, London (GB); Peter Oldal, Milton Keynes (GB); and Nicholas H R M Hassell, London (GB)
Assigned to KYC AVC UK Ltd., London (GB)
Filed by KYC AVC UK Ltd., London (GB)
Filed on Oct. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/379,072.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/102 (2013.01) [H04L 63/0428 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method associated with a third party workflow involving an individual having an email address, comprising:
as the third party workflow proceeds:
receiving a request to estimate an age of the individual, the request identifying the email address;
responsive to receipt of the request, issuing a query to a set of one or more data sources, each data source being of a different type and having an age attribute associated therewith, the query requesting an indication whether the email address has been seen in the data source;
responsive to receipt of one or more data points from the set of one or more data sources, associating an age attribute to each indication received;
based on a frequency of occurrence of the indications and the associated age attributes, building a digital footprint that includes an estimate of a minimum age of the individual; and
returning to the third party workflow a response to the request based on the estimated minimum age.