公开(公告)号：US10462080B1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-29

申请号：US15994959

申请日：2018-05-31

Applicant: WhatsApp Inc.

Inventor： Matthew Knight Jones ,  Apoorvavarsha Havanur ,  Nicole Laura Reid ,  Zhuo Li ,  Yue Zhang

IPC: G06F15/16 ,  H04L12/58 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  H04L29/06 ,  G06F16/9535 ,  G06F16/2457

Abstract: A server receives a request for a business account with the messaging system that includes a business name and a contact point. The server determines whether users of the messaging system associate the business name with the contact point. The server also determines whether the business name and/or the contact point has characteristics consistent with the request originating from a genuine business. The business account is validated if users of the messaging system associate the business name with the contact point and at least one of the business name or the contact point have characteristics consistent with the request originating from a genuine business. The business account profile is updated to indicate it is verified. Client devices are adapted to display messages from the business account in conjunction with a visual indicator that the business account is verified.

公开(公告)号：US10904175B1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-26

申请号：US16578031

申请日：2019-09-20

Applicant: WhatsApp Inc.

Inventor： Matthew Knight Jones ,  Apoorvavarsha Havanur ,  Nicole Laura Reid ,  Zhuo Li ,  Yue Zhang

IPC: G06F15/16 ,  H04L12/58 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G06F16/2457 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  H04L29/06 ,  G06F16/9535

Abstract: A server receives a request for a business account with the messaging system that includes a business name and a contact point. The server determines whether users of the messaging system associate the business name with the contact point. The server also determines whether the business name and/or the contact point has characteristics consistent with the request originating from a genuine business. The business account is validated if users of the messaging system associate the business name with the contact point and at least one of the business name or the contact point have characteristics consistent with the request originating from a genuine business. The business account profile is updated to indicate it is verified. Client devices are adapted to display messages from the business account in conjunction with a visual indicator that the business account is verified.