Storage, management and distribution of consumer information
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Accused Products
Abstract
Consumers may centrally store, manage and distribute information using an information account stored in a central data repository. The information account is accessible from any client device, without the need to permanently store or install proprietary software thereon. The information account comprises a plurality of consumer information elements stored in a tagged data format. A host server hosts a database management system for accessing the information account. A client-side application may manage communications with host server. Alternatively, the client device may interact with a vendor server that executes a server-side application for managing communications with the host server. In response to a request from the consumer, the host server may filter selected consumer information elements from the information account and transmit the filtered consumer information elements to the client-side or server-side application. The filtered consumer information elements may then be automatically integrated into a vendor business process on behalf of the consumer, if desired.
145 Citations
84 Claims
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1-23. -23. (canceled)
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24. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for storing, managing and distributing consumer information via a distributed electronic network, by causing one or more processors to perform the steps of:
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storing an information account in a central data repository accessible via the distributed electronic network, the information account comprising a plurality of consumer information elements associated with a consumer and being subject to the consumer'"'"'s control and management;
receiving, with a database management system, a request over the distributed electronic network from a network device for one or more selected consumer information elements, the request including consumer authentication information and being made by the network device responsive to an input command supplied by the consumer;
in response to the request, authenticating the consumer based on the authentication information, retrieving the selected consumer information elements from the information account by filtering data from the information account with the database management system, and transmitting the selected consumer information elements, over the distributed electronic network, to the network device; and
autopopulating the selected consumer information elements into at least one input field of a web page file. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for performing a method comprising the steps of:
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hosting a web page file accessible via the distributed electronic network by a client device executing a browser, the web page file prompting a consumer to input selected consumer information elements; and
executing a server-side application configured for communication with a host server that hosts a central data repository, the server-side application operable to;
determine the selected consumer information elements that are to be input into the web page file by the consumer, transmit a request to the host server for retrieval of the selected consumer information elements from an information account associated with the consumer, and in response to receiving the selected consumer information elements from the host server, passing the selected consumer information elements to a processing module for processing.
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79. In or for a system for storing, managing and distributing consumer information via a network, a propagated signal carrying thereon a tagged data stream representing consumer information elements that have been filtered from an information account by a database management system, stored in a central data repository, in response to a request for the consumer information elements from a client device, the client device executing a browser accessing a web page that prompts for input of the consumer information elements, the consumer elements being autopopulated into at least one input field of a web page.
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80. In or for a system for storing, managing and distributing consumer information, a propagated signal carrying thereon a data structure comprising:
a client-side application configured for managing communications between a client device and a database management system, the database management system being stored on a host server that filters and accesses an information account comprising consumer information elements associated with a consumer stored in a central data repository, the client-side application autopopulating selected consumer information elements into at least one input field of a web page file. - View Dependent Claims (81, 82, 83)
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84-95. -95. (canceled)
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