METHODS, SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR COLLECTING AND SHARING SELECTED PERSONAL DATA

• US 20100088610A1
• Filed: 12/10/2009
• Published: 04/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bedingfield, James Carlton
• Granted Patent: US 8,479,104 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/741
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

Methods, systems, devices and computer program products obtain and share personal data of celebrities and others over a communications network. The methods include; (a) electronically capturing personal data associated with a plurality of celebrities; (b) electronically storing the captured data in a database of electronic personal data records, the records being correlated to a respective celebrity; (c) accepting user input to request data of interest for a particular celebrity; (d) electronically automatically extracting records in the historical data base related to the user input; and (e) electronically publishing celebrity personal data to the user based on the extracting step.

Claims

1. A method of sharing personal data of celebrities over a computer network, the method comprising:

providing a user interface with at least one of an interactive gateway or application for respective celebrity computers that allows a respective celebrity to select when to allow access to his or her data via the respective celebrity computer;

electronically obtaining personal data associated with a plurality of celebrities including personal favorites data of the plurality of celebrities when allowed by respective celebrities based on the provided user interface;

providing a service that electronically captures the obtained personal data associated with the plurality of celebrities;

electronically storing the captured data in a database of electronic personal data records, the records being correlated to a respective celebrity;

accepting user input to the service to request data of interest for a particular celebrity;

electronically automatically extracting records from the database based on the accepted user input; and

electronically publishing celebrity personal data to the user based on the extracting step.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the user interface includes a public authorized access password that allows respective celebrity users to grant permission to access his or her data.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the user interface includes a toolbar with a public access activate and deactivate choice.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein the user interface comprises a permission deny input tool that allows respective celebrity users to turn off electronic monitoring of his or her personal data.

5. A system for collecting and providing personal data of celebrities, comprising:

a celebrity database contains personal data associated with a plurality of celebrities in communication with a plurality of celebrity computers;

a first server in communication with the celebrity database; and

a plurality of celebrity electronic interfaces in communication with the first server, at least one for each respective participating celebrity, wherein the respective interfaces comprise an interactive gateway or application configured to allow a respective celebrity to select when to allow access to his or her data via the respective celebrity computer.

6. A system according to claim 5, wherein the interface gateway or application includes an application module that defines a privacy protocol with privacy criteria for identifying types of personal data permitted for public capture.

7. A system according to claim 5, further comprising a subscriber server that controls a subscriber'"'"'s access to data or data content that a subscriber is allowed to receive from the first server, wherein the subscriber server is configured to block all access of certain celebrity records from certain users, based on the user'"'"'s name or ISP address.

8. A system according to claim 5, wherein the first server is configured to automatically capture personal data and store the data in the celebrity database in a chronologically identifiable format.

9. A system according to claim 5, further comprising a charge card activity server in communication with the first server and the celebrity database, the charge card activity server configured to electronically obtain purchase data for respective celebrities and forward the purchase data to the celebrity personal record database, wherein the extracted purchase data includes the name and location of restaurants, the name and location of lodging, and the name and location of stores associated with the charge card records.

10. A system according to claim 5, wherein the system is configured to electronically capture and store a plurality of the following types of personal data in the celebrity database:

digital songs stored on a respective celebrity computer;

digital songs downloaded to a digital player;

websites visited and time spent thereat;

browser favorites;

online auction activities;

computer configuration;

computer applications; and

electronic games stored or used by the celebrity.

11. A system according to claim 5, wherein the celebrity database is a chronological personal record database, wherein the system is configured to generate an electronic itinerary that substantially replicates an itinerary of a time frame of a respective celebrity, and wherein the electronic itinerary includes the names and places that a respective celebrity visited and a date and time spent thereat.

12. A system according to claim 5, wherein the system is configured to generate an electronic link that allows a user to see a list of songs on an electronic playlist of a celebrity.

13. A system according to claim 6, further comprising allowing a commercial sponsor of a celebrity to monitor products or services that a respective celebrity uses based on data in the celebrity database.

14. A system according to claim 13, wherein the commercial sponsor has an associated privacy protocol that is less restrictive than that of the general public.

15. A system according to claim 5, further comprising a plurality of portable devices configured to provide celebrity-specific data to a requesting user, wherein the portable devices are shipped to the user.

16. A system according to claim 15, wherein the portable devices are electronic devices that can display images and text and play digital songs to the user.

17. A system according to claim 15, wherein the portable devices are uneditable by the requesting user and configured for return to a return site for sharing with a different requesting user.

18. A system according to claim 15, wherein the devices are disposable or configured for a single respective requesting user.

19. A system according to claim 5, further comprising a plurality of portable devices configured for use, one for each respective celebrity to capture associated celebrity data, the captured data electronically transferred to the system for inclusion in the celebrity database.

20. A system according to claim 19, wherein the portable devices are configured to provide location data using a Global Positioning System, wherein the portable devices comprise a digital camera, an audio recorder, and an electronic time date identifier circuit, wherein the devices electronically obtain travel data and images of a respective celebrity, and wherein the portable devices electronically transfer the obtained data to the celebrity database.