System and method for providing access to verified personal background data
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1. A method of providing access to a candidate'"'"'s personal background data, wherein the data have been verified, the method comprising:
- a. establishing a data record, relating to the candidate'"'"'s personal background data, in a digital storage medium, the data record associated with a unique identifier and including (i) a set of components based on information supplied by the candidate, each component being potentially verifiable, and (ii) a corresponding set of query results, the corresponding set including, with respect to each component, the result of a verification query to a third party;
b. communicating the identifier to the candidate;
c. receiving, over a communication network, the identifier from an outside user wanting verification of the candidate'"'"'s personal background data, the outside user having received the identifier directly or indirectly from the candidate; and
d. distributing, to the outside user, over the communication network, an electronic document including the data record and an electronic authentication of the contents of the data record, the electronic authentication capable of revealing unauthorized modifications of the contents of the data record.
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Abstract
Access to verified personal background data is provided in the form of an electronic document that includes a data record having personal background data and corresponding verification information as well as an electronic authentication of the contents of the data record. The data record is associated with a unique identifier. The electronic document may be distributed over a communication network to a person providing the identifier.
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1. A method of providing access to a candidate'"'"'s personal background data, wherein the data have been verified, the method comprising:
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a. establishing a data record, relating to the candidate'"'"'s personal background data, in a digital storage medium, the data record associated with a unique identifier and including (i) a set of components based on information supplied by the candidate, each component being potentially verifiable, and (ii) a corresponding set of query results, the corresponding set including, with respect to each component, the result of a verification query to a third party;
b. communicating the identifier to the candidate;
c. receiving, over a communication network, the identifier from an outside user wanting verification of the candidate'"'"'s personal background data, the outside user having received the identifier directly or indirectly from the candidate; and
d. distributing, to the outside user, over the communication network, an electronic document including the data record and an electronic authentication of the contents of the data record, the electronic authentication capable of revealing unauthorized modifications of the contents of the data record. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for providing access to a candidate'"'"'s personal background data, wherein the data have been verified, the system comprising:
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(a) a storage arrangement on which is stored a database having a plurality of data records, each data record relating to personal background data of a candidate, each data record associated with a unique identifier that is communicated to the candidate and including (i) a set of components based on information supplied by a candidate, each component being potentially verifiable, and (ii) a corresponding set of query results, the corresponding set including, with respect to each component, the result of a verification query to a third party; and
(b) a process, running on a computer in communication with the digital storage medium, for selectively distributing, to an authorized person presenting an identifier received directly or indirectly from a candidate, over a communication network, an electronic document including the candidate'"'"'s data record and an electronic authentication of the contents of the data record, the electronic authentication capable of revealing unauthorized modifications of the contents of the data record.
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17. A computer-readable medium having embodied therein an electronic document, the electronic document comprising:
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(a) a data record including (i) a set of components based on information supplied by a candidate, each component being potentially verifiable, and (ii) a corresponding set of query results, the corresponding set including, with respect to each component, the result of a verification query to a third party; and
(b) an electronic authentication of the contents of the data record, the electronic authentication capable of revealing unauthorized modifications of the contents of the data record. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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