Method and agent for managing profile information

• US 20050108273A1
• Filed: 01/16/2004
• Published: 05/19/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wicresoft Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Brebner, Gavin
• Granted Patent: US 7,289,993 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6254 by anonymising data, e.g. decorrelating personal data from the owner's identification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2115 Third party
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99939 Privileged access

Abstract

A method of managing profile information comprising the steps of; supplying dummy information to a remote profile database, accessing a service operable to request profile information from the remote profile database and supplying correct information to the remote profile database, and, after accessing the service, supplying dummy information to the remote profile database.

Claims

1. A method of managing profile information comprising the steps of;

supplying dummy information to a remote profile database,

accessing a service operable to request profile information from the remote profile database and supplying correct information to the remote profile database, and,

after accessing the service, supplying dummy information to the remote profile database.

2. A method according to claim 1 comprising the step of detecting a service request and generating an update request to send correct information to the remote profile database.

3. A method according to claim 2 comprising the step of supplying the correct information to the remote profile database in response to the update request.

4. A method according to claim 1, comprising the step of detecting the end of the service access and generating a dummy information update request.

5. A method according to claim 4 comprising the step of supplying dummy information to the remote profile database in response to the dummy information update request.

6. A method according to claim 1 comprising the step of storing correct information in a local database.

7. An agent for managing profile information, the agent being operable to;

supply dummy information to a remote profile database and to

supply correct information to a remote profile database.

8. An agent according to claim 7 operable to supply correct information to a remote profile database in response to an update request.

9. An agent according to claim 7 wherein the agent is operable to supply dummy information to the remote profile database in response to a dummy information update request.

10. An agent according to claim 8 wherein the update request and/or the dummy information update request are generated by a user.

11. An agent according to claim 8 wherein the update request and/or the dummy information update request are generated in response to a service access.

12. An agent according to claim 7 operable to display the status of the information supplied to the remote profile database to a user.

13. An agent according to claim 7 operable to read a local database to obtain the correct information and supply the correct information to the remote profile database.

14. A computer, the computer being operable to access a service via the Internet, the computer being provided with an agent according to claim 8.

20. A system comprising a computer being operable to access a service via the Internet, the computer being provided with an agent according to claim 8;

and a proxy server the proxy server being operable to communicate with a user'"'"'s computer and the Internet, the server being provided with a module for managing profile information, the module being operable to detect a service request indication and generate an update request to provide correct information to a remote profile database.

15. A module for managing profile information, the module being operable to detect a service request indication and generate an update request to provide correct information to a remote profile database.

16. A module according to claim 15 operable to transmit the update request to an agent provided on a user'"'"'s computer.

17. A module according to claim 15 wherein the service request indication comprises a service request transmitted to a service.

18. A module according to claim 15 wherein the service request information comprises a request for profile information transmitted from a server to the remote profile database.

19. A proxy server, the server being operable to communicate with a user'"'"'s computer and the Internet, the server being provided with a module according to any claim 15.