Optimized peer-to-peer mobile communications

• US 20090144798A1
• Filed: 07/08/2005
• Published: 06/04/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Link US All LLC
• Original Assignee: Link US All LLC
• Inventors: Ozog, Francois-Frederic
• Granted Patent: US 8,452,976 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/55 Detecting local intrusion or implementing counter-measures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227

Abstract

A customer can control access to information about the customer stored in a database by selecting one or more policies, where each policy specifies conditions and/or rules for accessing information associated with the policy, and for each selected policy the user selects portions of the customer'"'"'s information for association with the selected policy. The customer can create or specify one or more policies for accessing information. In another method, information about the customer stored in the database includes personal information about customer, including contact information for people associated with the customer, and facts about the customer, e.g., contact information for family members professionals who provide service (e.g. doctor, lawyer, banker), emergency contacts, medical information, for example blood type, allergies, medications, blood type, organ donor status.

Claims

1. An method for controlling access to personal information via a wireless network, comprising:

receiving a first selection from a customer with respect to a policy, wherein the first selection indicates portions of information relating to the customer for association with the policy, wherein the information is stored in a database; and

receiving a second selection from a customer wherein the second selection indicates a policy that specifies conditions and/or rules for accessing from the database information that relates to the customer and is associated with the policy.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the information relating to the customer and stored in the database includes personal information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the personal information includes one or more of:

contact information for people associated with the customer; and

facts about the customer.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the contact information includes contact information for one or more of:

family members of the customer;

a doctor of the customer; and

a lawyer of the customer.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the facts include medical information including one or more of blood type, allergies, medications, and organ donor status.