Abstract: A system integration tool integrates an external service to run in conjunction with or as part of a remote business accounting system. The system integration tool includes a front-end component and a back-end component. The front-end component remotely accesses accounts receivable data from the accounting system. The back-end component merge each financial transaction within the accounts receivable data with a credit score of an entity associated with the financial transaction at a date associated with the financial transaction. The back-end component generates an external service that secures the accounting system against insecure financial transactions and embeds the external service to run as part of the accounting system. The external services alert the business as to insecure financial transactions that lead to bad debt or disqualify such transactions from entry into the accounting systems.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide an independent authentication system for authenticating entities that have registered accounts across different online service providers on behalf of the service providers. The authentication system maintains a database of previously verified entity information. A service provider requests authentication by providing the authentication system with unverified and basic identifying information used by an entity when registering with the service provider. The authentication system attempts to match the registration information against previously verified information for a known entity. When a match is found, the authentication system generates a series of challenge questions. The questions are submitted to the entity through the service provider and answers are processed in order to authenticate the entity.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a system that generates different customized decks of cards with each deck being customized for a different user with a condensed and filtered set of business data that is relevant to that user. The customizations are based in part on monitored user behavior and user interactions with the cards. Cards identifying businesses that the user has viewed for the most amount of time, recommended to others, approved, or positively reviewed or rated are assigned high values. Cards identifying businesses that the user has viewed for the least amount of time, rejected, or negatively reviewed or rated are assigned low values. The system then continually updates the deck to remove cards identifying business with the lowest values while adding cards identifying businesses that resemble other businesses with assigned high values.

Abstract: A system integration tool integrates an external service to run in conjunction with or as part of a remote business accounting system. The system integration tool includes a front-end component and a back-end component. The front-end component remotely accesses accounts receivable data from the accounting system. The back-end component merge each financial transaction within the accounts receivable data with a credit score of an entity associated with the financial transaction at a date associated with the financial transaction. The back-end component generates an external service that secures the accounting system against insecure financial transactions and embeds the external service to run as part of the accounting system. The external services alert the business as to insecure financial transactions that lead to bad debt or disqualify such transactions from entry into the accounting systems.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a system that generates different customized decks of cards with each deck being customized for a different user with a condensed and filtered set of business data that is relevant to that user. The customizations are based in part on monitored user behavior and user interactions with the cards. Cards identifying businesses that the user has viewed for the most amount of time, recommended to others, approved, or positively reviewed or rated are assigned high values. Cards identifying businesses that the user has viewed for the least amount of time, rejected, or negatively reviewed or rated are assigned low values. The system then continually updates the deck to remove cards identifying business with the lowest values while adding cards identifying businesses that resemble other businesses with assigned high values.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a credibility platform for a multi-dimensional, holistic, and real-time derivation and presentation of entity credibility. The holistic derivation of credibility is predicated on attributing context to subjective data using objective data. The credibility platform produces entity-specific context by identifying temporal or relational associations between different instances of target entity data. The credibility platform also produces comparative context for comparing the credibility of a target entity to a group of related entities. The credibility platform encourages entity engagement in order to provide a cause and effect presentation of credibility and to ensure real-time relevance of the derived credibility. To encourage participation, the platform prioritizes the presentation of credibility on the basis of entity engagement and provides fixed links to the credibility interfaces of the entities.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide an independent authentication system for authenticating entities that have registered accounts across different online service providers on behalf of the service providers. The authentication system maintains a database of previously verified entity information. A service provider requests authentication by providing the authentication system with unverified and basic identifying information used by an entity when registering with the service provider. The authentication system attempts to match the registration information against previously verified information for a known entity. When a match is found, the authentication system generates a series of challenge questions. The questions are submitted to the entity through the service provider and answers are processed in order to authenticate the entity.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide an independent authentication system for authenticating entities that have registered accounts across different online service providers on behalf of the service providers. The authentication system maintains a database of previously verified entity information. A service provider requests authentication by providing the authentication system with unverified and basic identifying information used by an entity when registering with the service provider. The authentication system attempts to match the registration information against previously verified information for a known entity. When a match is found, the authentication system generates a series of challenge questions. The questions are submitted to the entity through the service provider and answers are processed in order to authenticate the entity.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide an independent authentication system for authenticating entities that have registered accounts across different online service providers on behalf of the service providers. The authentication system maintains a database of previously verified entity information. A service provider requests authentication by providing the authentication system with unverified and basic identifying information used by an entity when registering with the service provider. The authentication system attempts to match the registration information against previously verified information for a known entity. When a match is found, the authentication system generates a series of challenge questions. The questions are submitted to the entity through the service provider and answers are processed in order to authenticate the entity.