Methods and systems for protection of identity

• US 20070078786A1
• Filed: 09/16/2005
• Published: 04/05/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC (Seagate Technology Holdings Plc)
• Original Assignee: Privacy Card LLC
• Inventors: Marciano, James, Bous, Joseph, Assaad, Gabriel
• Granted Patent: US 7,689,007 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/74
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/383 Anonymous user system
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/03 Credit; Loans; Processing thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/265 Personal security, identity or safety
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method to the creation and management of a secondary identification to avoid identify theft. Identity theft may occur over the internet, the purchase of goods and services by credit, and many other forms not yet known. The present invention creates a secondary identification for a person by creating one or more of the following secondary identifications which include a secondary email address, a secondary postal address, a secondary phone number, and any other identifying secondary information. The present invention describes methods and systems to create a secondary identification. Further, the present invention may be used to create a credit card containing the requestor'"'"'s secondary identification.

Claims

1. In a data processing center, included in a system that also includes one or more requesters of secondary identifications and a plurality of services that generate a secondary identification, a method for processing requests of secondary identifications comprising:

receiving from a requester a request for a secondary identification;

receiving from the requestor or other party an authorization of the generation of the secondary identification;

transmitting the request and/or authorization to one or more of the secondary identification services;

the secondary identification services includes services providing one or more of the following;

A secondary postal address,

A secondary email,

A secondary phone number,

Other personal contact information,

associating the copy of the requested secondary identification with the request from among other copies and requests received by the data processing center by comparing and finding a relationship between the identifying information associated with the copy of the requested secondary identification and the identifying information associated with the request;

storing a digital copy of the requested secondary identification; and

transmitting a copy of the secondary identification to a party authorized to receive the copy,

wherein the data processing center comprises one or more computers and wherein at least a portion of the information received and transmitted by the data processing center is communicated through the Internet.

2. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the data processing center receives the request in digital form.

3. A method as recited in claim 2, wherein the data processing center receives the request as an HTML document that includes at least one of text or graphic information.

4. A method as recited in claim 2, wherein the data processing center receives the request by means of an application program interface linking the data processing center with a computer system of the requester, the request including at least one of text or graphic information.

5. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the data processing center receives the authorization in digital form together with a digital signature.

6. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the data processing center receives the authorization as facsimile information representative of a signed tangible authorization form.

7. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the data processing center assigns each request an identification number.

8. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the data processing center transmits the request and/or authorization to a computer system of the secondary identification service together with identifying information to be associated with the secondary identification.

9. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the data processing center transmits the request and/or authorization to the secondary identification service as facsimile information representative of the request and/or authorization to be associated with the secondary identification.

10. A method as recited in claim 1, further including the act of transmitting the request to a call center at approximately the same time that the request is transmitted to the secondary identification service.

11. A method as recited in claim 10, wherein the request is assigned to a person having a pre-existing relationship with the secondary identification service having access to the requested record.

12. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the data processing center receives the copy of the requested secondary identification as digital graphic information representative of the secondary identification information.

13. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the data processing center accesses an electronic database of the secondary identification service to generate the secondary identification.

14. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the data processing center performs an encryption process on a digital copy of the secondary identification in order to protect private information.

15. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the copy of the secondary identification record is sent to the party authorized to receive the record as at least one of a facsimile, a tangible copy, or digital copy sent via secure connection and/or process.

16. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein any non-encrypted digital copies of the requested record are deleted from the data processing center.

17. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the method is repeated for additional requests for secondary identification services.

18. A method as recited in claim 17, wherein the method further comprises the data processing center receiving at least one request from at least one additional requester and at least one copy of a requested secondary identification from at least one additional secondary identification service.

19. A method as recited in claim 17, wherein digital copies of the additional secondary identification records are stored within an electronic database accessible to the data processing center.

20. A method as recited in claim 19, further comprising the steps of determining whether a subsequently requested secondary identification has been previously stored within the electronic database, obtaining a digital copy of the subsequently requested secondary identification from the database, and sending the digital copy or a tangible copy of the digital copy to an authorized party.

21. A method as recited in claim 19, wherein, the requested record includes at least one record.

22. A computerized system comprising means for implementing the method recited in claim 19.

23. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein the requestor requests a credit card which contains the secondary identification and the data process center obtains said credit card.

24. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein the data process center provides a credit card containing the requestor'"'"'s secondary identification.

25. A method as recited in claim 24 wherein the credit card consists of a transaction privacy in which only the total amount due is disclosed by electronic means.

26. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for instructing a data processing center to perform the acts of:

receiving from a requester a request for a secondary identification;

receiving from the requester or other party an authorization for the generation of the secondary identification;

associating the request received from the requestor with the authorization received from the requestor or other party from among other authorizations and requests received by the data processing center by comparing and finding a relationship between identifying information associated with the request and identifying information associated with the authorization;

transmitting the request and authorization to one or more of the secondary identification services;

the secondary identification services includes services providing one or more of the following;

A secondary postal address,

A secondary email,

A secondary phone number,

Other personal contact information,

associating the copy of the requested secondary identification with the request from among other copies and requests received by the data processing center by comparing and finding a relationship between the identifying information associated with the copy of the requested secondary identification and the identifying information associated with the request;

storing a digital copy of the requested record; and

transmitting a copy of the requested record to a party authorized to receive the copy.

27. A computer-readable medium as defined in claim 26, further having computer-executable instructions for accessing an electronic database of the secondary identification service.

28. A computer-readable medium as defined in claim 26, further having computer-executable instructions for encrypting a digital copy of the requested secondary identification.

29. A computer-readable medium as defined in claim 28, further having computer-executable instructions for deleting any non-encrypted digital copies of the requested secondary identification from the data processing center.

30. A data processing center, included in a system that also includes one or more requestors of secondary identifications and a plurality of secondary identification services that generate a secondary identification, the data processing center having one or more modules for carrying out one or more of the acts comprising:

receiving from a requester a request for a secondary identification;

receiving from the requestor or other party an authorization for generation a secondary identification;

associating the request received from the requester with the authorization received from the requestor or other party from among other authorizations and requests received by the data processing center by comparing and finding a relationship between identifying information associated with the request and identifying information associated with the authorization;

transmitting the request and authorization to the provider;

the secondary identification services includes services providing one or more of the following;

A secondary postal address,

A secondary email,

A secondary phone number,

Other personal contact information,

associating the copy of the requested secondary identification with the request from among other copies and requests received by the data processing center by comparing and finding a relationship between the identifying information associated with the copy of the requested secondary identification and the identifying information associated with the request;

storing a digital copy of the requested record; and

transmitting a copy of the requested record to a party authorized to receive the copy.

31. A data processing center as defined in claim 30, the data processing center having one or more modules for carrying out the act of receiving the request in digital form.

32. A data processing center as defined in claim 30, the data processing center having one or more modules for receiving the request as an HTML document that includes at least one of text or graphic information.

33. A data processing center as defined in claim 30, the data processing center having one or more modules for receiving the request by means of an application program interface linking the data processing center with a computer system of the requester, the request including at least one of text or graphic information.

34. A data processing center as defined in claim 30, the data processing center having one or more modules for receiving the authorization in digital form together with a digital signature.

35. A data processing center as defined in claim 30, the data processing center having one or more modules for receiving the authorization as facsimile information representative of a signed tangible authorization form.

36. A data processing center as defined in claim 30, the data processing center having one or more modules for transmitting the request and authorization to a computer system of the secondary identification service provider together with identifying information to be associated with the copy of the requested secondary identification.

37. A data processing center as defined in claim 30, the data processing center having one or more modules for transmitting the request and authorization to the provider as facsimile information representative of the request.

38. A data processing center as defined in claim 30, the data processing center having one or more modules for assigning the request to a person having a pre-existing relationship with the secondary identification service provider having access to the requested secondary identification.

39. A data processing center as defined in claim 30, the data processing center having one or more modules for receiving the copy of the requested record as digital graphic information representative of the requested record.

40. A data processing center as defined in claim 30, the data processing center having one or more modules for performing an encryption process on a digital copy of the requested record and to delete any non-encrypted digital copies of the requested record from the data processing center.

41. A data processing center as defined in claim 30, the data processing center having one or more modules for sending the copy of the requested record to the party authorized to receive the record as at least one of a facsimile, a tangible copy, or digital copy via secure connection and/or process.

42. A method as recited in claim 30 wherein the requester requests a credit card which contains the secondary identification and the data process center obtains said credit card.

43. A method as recited in claim 42 wherein the data process center provides a credit card containing the requestor'"'"'s secondary identification.

44. A method as recited in claim 43 wherein the credit card consists of a transaction privacy in which only the total amount due is disclosed by electronic means.