Method and system for trading in personal information and storage medium therefor
First Claim
1. For use by an Internet service provider, a method of processing personal information provided by a user receiving Internet connection service, said method comprising the steps of:
- identifying items of personal information provided by the user as being either public or secret;
storing the personal information in a database in records which include the identification of each item as being public or secret;
in response to a request from a business entity connected to the Internet, retrieving and utilizing those items of stored personal information identified as public.
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Abstract
A method and system for trading personal information under conditions which allow the Internet users (ISP users) who own the information to participate. A user who receives a connection service via an Internet service provider (ISP) provides his/her personal information to the ISP with each item being classified as either public or secret. The ISP builds a database 6 for storage of the users'"'"' personal information and offers the information to requesting business entities in exchange for compensation. A portion of the compensation is returned to the users, for example, as a discount in the connection service charge.
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15 Claims
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1. For use by an Internet service provider, a method of processing personal information provided by a user receiving Internet connection service, said method comprising the steps of:
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identifying items of personal information provided by the user as being either public or secret;
storing the personal information in a database in records which include the identification of each item as being public or secret;
in response to a request from a business entity connected to the Internet, retrieving and utilizing those items of stored personal information identified as public. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An Internet service provider system for processing personal information provided by a user receiving Internet connection service, said system including:
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logic for cause items of personal information provided by the user to be classified either as public or secret;
a memory subsystem for storing the personal information in a database in records which include the classification of each item as being public or secret;
a search subsystem responsive to a request from a business entity connected to the Internet to identify items of stored personal information previously classified as public; and
a data subsystem for retrieving identified items of stored personal information to be used for the benefit of a requesting business entity. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-readable storage medium for storing a program for executing the computer-implemented steps of:
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receiving personal information provided by a user receiving Internet connection service;
identifying items of personal information provided by the user as being either public or secret;
storing the personal information in a database in records which include the identification of each item as being public or secret;
in response to a request from a business entity connected to the Internet, retrieving and utilizing those items of stored personal information identified as public.
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