Patent attributes
The techniques herein are directed generally to providing access control and persona validation for interactions. In one embodiment, a method for a first device comprises: interacting with a second device on a communication channel; determining, over a verification channel with a verification service, that an identity of a user communicating on the second device is a verified identity according to the verification service; determining a persona of the user; querying a third-party entity to make a determination whether the persona is validated and to correspondingly determine a current privilege level; and managing interaction with the second device according to the determination whether the persona is validated and the corresponding current privilege level. Another embodiment comprises a verification server's perspective of facilitating the interaction between the first and second devices, where the verification server queries the third-party entity to validate the persona.