SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING PRIVACY IN INTERNET TRANSACTIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS
First Claim
1. A system for conducting a transaction with privacy on a wide area network, said system comprising:
- a personal access device (PAD) associated with a subscriber to said system, said PAD storing a profile of the subscriber and generating commands;
a privacy service provider (PSP) connected to the wide area network, said PAD being accessible by said PSP under first conditions set by said profile and said PSP being responsive to the commands from said PAD;
a registered vendor (RV) connected to the wide area network; and
a privacy shield network (PSN) connected to the wide area network, said RV being registered with said PSN and said PSN being structured to carry communications between said PSP and said RV related to the transaction under second conditions set by said profile.
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Abstract
A system for conducting a transaction with privacy on a wide area network, the system including a personal access device (PAD) associated with a subscriber to the system, the PAD storing a profile of the subscriber and generating commands, a privacy service provider (PSP) connected to the wide area network, the PAD being accessible by the PSP under first conditions set by the profile and the PSP being responsive to the commands from the PAD, a registered vendor (RV) connected to the wide area network, and a privacy shield network (PSN) connected to the wide area network, the RV being registered with the PSN and the PSN being structured to carry communications between the PSP and the RV related to the transaction under second conditions set by the profile. Advantageously, the PAD stores private data associated with the subscriber, and the PSP releases any of the private data to the RV only under the first and second conditions.
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42 Claims
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1. A system for conducting a transaction with privacy on a wide area network, said system comprising:
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a personal access device (PAD) associated with a subscriber to said system, said PAD storing a profile of the subscriber and generating commands; a privacy service provider (PSP) connected to the wide area network, said PAD being accessible by said PSP under first conditions set by said profile and said PSP being responsive to the commands from said PAD; a registered vendor (RV) connected to the wide area network; and a privacy shield network (PSN) connected to the wide area network, said RV being registered with said PSN and said PSN being structured to carry communications between said PSP and said RV related to the transaction under second conditions set by said profile. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A personal access device (PAD) associated with a subscriber for conducting a transaction with privacy on a wide area network, said PAD comprising:
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a memory for storing a profile of the subscriber; a manually actuable command generator for generating commands; a transmitter for transmitting the commands to a privacy service provider (PSP) connected to the wide area network; and a receiver for receiving authorized requests from the PSP, the PSP communicating with said PAD under first conditions set by said profile, each authorized request having been received by said PSP over a privacy shield network (PSN) connected to the wide area network from a registered vendor (RV) or another privacy service provider, the RV being registered on the PSN and communicating with the PSP under second conditions set by said profile. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A privacy service provider (PSP) for facilitating communications between a privacy shield network (PSN) and a personal access device (PAD) associated with a subscriber to the PSN, where the PAD stores a profile of the subscriber and where said PSP and the PSN are connected to a wide area network, said PSP comprising:
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a receiver for receiving commands from the PAD; a server for communicating with a registered vendor (RV) over the PSN under first conditions set by said profile and in accordance with commands received from the PAD, said server also for receiving first requests from the RV and for determining which ones of the first requests are authorized requests under second conditions set by said profile; and a transmitter for transmitting the authorized requests to the PAD. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. A privacy shield network (PSN) connected to a wide area network, said PSN controlling communications among a plurality of privacy service providers (PSPs) and a plurality of registered vendors (RVs), where each PSP is controlled by commands from a respective personal access device (PAD) associated with a respective subscriber to said PSN and is further controlled under conditions set by a profile associated with the respective subscriber stored in the respective PAD, said PSN comprising:
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a first server structure for controlling registration of vendors as RVs, where said PSN prevents transfer of communications from unregistered vendors to any of the PSPs and RVs; and a second server structure for controlling communications using the wide area network from any of the PSPs and RVs to any of the PSPs and RVs, wherein said second server structure controls any communication between a first one of the PSPs and any other one of the PSPs and RVs under conditions set by the profile stored in the PAD controlled by the first PSP. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of conducting a transaction with privacy using a privacy shield network (PSN) connected to a wide area network, said method comprising the steps of:
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storing a profile of a subscriber to the PSN in a personal access device (PAD) associated with the subscriber; generating commands using the PAD; accessing the PAD under first conditions set by the profile using a privacy service provider (PSP) connected to the wide area network, the PSP being controlled by the commands from the PAD; registering a vendor with the PSN as a registered vendor (RV) connected to the wide area network; and carrying communications between the PSP and the RV related to the transaction under second conditions set by the profile using the PSN.
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31. A method of using a personal access device (PAD) associated with a subscriber for conducting a transaction with privacy on a wide area network, said method comprising the steps of:
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storing a profile of the subscriber in a memory; generating commands to a privacy service provider (PSP) connected to the wide area network; and receiving authorized requests from the PSP, the PSP communicating with the PAD under first conditions set by the profile, each authorized request having been received by the PSP under the control of a privacy shield network (PSN) connected to the wide area network, the RV being registered with the PSN and communicating with the PSP under second conditions set by the profile.
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32. A method of using a privacy shield network (PSN) connected to a wide area network to control communications among a plurality of privacy service providers (PSPs) and a plurality of registered vendors (RVs), where each PSP is controlled by commands from a respective personal access device (PAD) associated with a respective subscriber to the PSN and is further controlled under conditions set by a profile of the respective subscriber stored in the respective PAD, said method comprising the steps of:
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using a first service structure for controlling registration of vendors as RVs, where the PSN prevents transfer of communications of unregistered vendors to any of the PSPs and RVs; and using a second server structure for controlling communications using the wide area network from any of the PSPs and RVs to any of the PSPs and RVs, wherein the second server structure controls any communication between a first one of the PSPs and any other one of the PSPs and RVs under conditions set by the profile.
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33. A system for a plurality of individual subscribers to receive and transmit communications via the Internet, the system comprising:
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an XML privacy service provider (PSP) linked to the Internet for communication; a plurality of private XML subscriber data files accessible to said PSP, each file being associated with a respective subscriber; a subscriber programmable personal access device (PAD) for each subscriber to access the respective file and communicate with said PSP; and a plurality of registered vendors (RVs) linked to the Internet for communication with the subscribers under conditions set by the respective files through said PSP. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36)
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37. A portable battery-powered personal access device (PAD) for use in a system for a plurality of individual subscribers to receive and transmit private personalized communications via the Internet, the system comprising an XML privacy service provider (PSP) linked to the Internet for communication, a plurality of private XML subscriber data files accessible to the PSP, each file being associated with a respective subscriber, said PAD being for each subscriber to access the respective file and communicate with the PSP, and a plurality of registered vendors (RVs) linked to the Internet for communication with the subscribers under conditions set by the respective files through the PSP, said PAD comprising:
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at least one programmable integrated circuit (IC) device that includes encrypted identification means; non-directional, short-range communication signal generation and receiving means; a CPU, an operating system and a memory device; and an input/output interface. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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