Method and apparatus for a message targeting and filtering database system
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1. A system comprising:
- a personal record comprising a personal profile about a subject and a message filtering policy determined by the subject;
an anonymity service, the anonymity service being an intermediary between the subject and a message sponsor, the message sponsor desiring to send a message to the subject based on the personal record;
a message deposit sent to the anonymity service by the message sponsor wherein the message deposit comprises the message, a message targeting specification, and a message profile;
a database maintained by the anonymity service, the personal record being stored in the database in an encrypted state, the anonymity service having an access to the personal record only in the encrypted state;
a resident application residing on a client device under control of the subject, the resident agent managing access to the personal record in an unencrypted state;
a quarantine memory, the quarantine memory being a secure area of system memory on the client device; and
a session agent to perform a database operation on the personal record in the unencrypted state in the quarantine memory.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for a message targeting and filtering database system are provided to deliver bulk messages to demographically selected audiences of willing recipients while preserving each recipient'"'"'s anonymity and control over his private personal data, accomplished by means of a radically distributed database technique in which all operations requiring unencrypted data access are distributed to individual client devices.
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1. A system comprising:
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a personal record comprising a personal profile about a subject and a message filtering policy determined by the subject;
an anonymity service, the anonymity service being an intermediary between the subject and a message sponsor, the message sponsor desiring to send a message to the subject based on the personal record;
a message deposit sent to the anonymity service by the message sponsor wherein the message deposit comprises the message, a message targeting specification, and a message profile;
a database maintained by the anonymity service, the personal record being stored in the database in an encrypted state, the anonymity service having an access to the personal record only in the encrypted state;
a resident application residing on a client device under control of the subject, the resident agent managing access to the personal record in an unencrypted state;
a quarantine memory, the quarantine memory being a secure area of system memory on the client device; and
a session agent to perform a database operation on the personal record in the unencrypted state in the quarantine memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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maintaining a personal record belonging to a subject in a centralized database in an encrypted form, the personal record comprising a personal profile and a message filtering policy; and
distributing a database operation from the centralized database to a client device when the database operation is performed on the personal record in an unencrypted form. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A machine-accessible medium comprising content that, when accessed by a machine, causes the machine to:
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maintain a personal record belonging to a subject in a centralized database in an encrypted form, the personal record comprising a personal profile and a message filtering policy; and
distribute a database operation from the centralized database to a client device when the database operation is performed on the personal record in an unencrypted form. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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