IDENTITY INFORMATION SERVICES, METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS
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1. A method of providing a validation for a claim relating to a person, comprising the steps of:
- at one or more server stations of a computer network having access to personal information relating to the person, sending to a terminal of the person, for display thereat, a selected item of the personal information; and
at the one or more server stations, accepting, from the terminal, an indicator of annotation information correlating the further information with the selected item of information and storing at the one or more servers both the annotation information and selected item of the personal information for use by a third party in a transaction between the person, or agent of the person, and a third party.
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Abstract
A system provides various features for facilitating the management of data used for facilitating trust in otherwise anonymous transactions.
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46 Claims
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1. A method of providing a validation for a claim relating to a person, comprising the steps of:
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at one or more server stations of a computer network having access to personal information relating to the person, sending to a terminal of the person, for display thereat, a selected item of the personal information; and at the one or more server stations, accepting, from the terminal, an indicator of annotation information correlating the further information with the selected item of information and storing at the one or more servers both the annotation information and selected item of the personal information for use by a third party in a transaction between the person, or agent of the person, and a third party. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of providing a report of information, relating to an individual and stored on a data source used to facilitate trust between parties to a transaction involving the individual, comprising:
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from at least a network server, transmitting a form with fields for obtaining identifying information, identifying said individual, to a client terminal; receiving at least a network server from said client terminal, identifying information associated with said form fields, said identifying information substantially uniquely identifying said individual; at least a network server, authenticating a requester at said client terminal to confirm that said requester is said individual; at least a network server, querying at least the data source providing personal information to retrieve retrieved records pertaining to said identifying information and retrieving records; generating at least a network server, a report including data derived from said retrieved records; said step of generating including formatting a web page to include a header showing categories of information in said web page with links to said information; and further include lists of criteria, used in said step of querying, used to retrieve the records, said lists varying depending on the category of information to which said list corresponds. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of providing a report of information, relating to an individual and stored on the data source used to facilitate trust between parties to a transaction involving the individual, comprising:
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from at least a network server, transmitting a form with fields for obtaining identifying information, identifying said individual, to a client terminal; receiving at least a network server from said client terminal, identifying information associated with said form fields, said identifying information substantially uniquely identifying said individual; at least a network server, authenticating a requester at said client terminal to confirm that said requester is said individual; at least a network server, querying at least the data source providing personal information to retrieve retrieved records pertaining to said identifying information and retrieving records; said step of querying including submitting various queries whose results may or may not be included in the report depending on the results of the querying; selecting certain records to include in a report based on results of said step of querying; generating at least a network server, a report including data derived from said retrieved records; said step of generating including formatting a web page to include a list of queries used to generate records selected in said step of selecting. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of providing a report of information, relating to an individual and stored on a data source used to facilitate trust between parties to a transaction involving the individual, comprising:
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from at least a network server, transmitting a form with fields for obtaining identifying information, identifying an individual, to a client terminal; receiving at least a network server from said client terminal, identifying information associated with said form fields, said identifying information substantially uniquely identifying an individual person; at least a network server, creating a customer profile corresponding to a customer and corresponding to said identifying information; at least a network server, querying at least two data sources containing publicly-available information corresponding to said identifying information; retrieving as a result of said querying, at least two pieces of information relating to a same event, person, or thing; generating a report containing both of said at least two pieces; transmitting said report to a client terminal; said report being arranged to indicate discrepancies at least by displaying both of said two pieces of information. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of providing a report of information, relating to an individual and stored on a data source used to facilitate trust between parties to a transaction involving the individual, comprising:
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from at least a network server, transmitting a form with fields for obtaining identifying information, identifying an individual, to a client terminal; receiving at least a network server from said client terminal, identifying information associated with said form fields, said identifying information substantially uniquely identifying an individual person; at least a network server, querying, based at least in part on said information an aggregator data source containing records from multiple primary data sources including at least state and federal records pertaining to various persons, events, and/or things and retrieving a resulting set of records; at least a network server, querying one of said multiple primary data sources and retrieving at least one record that pertains to a same one of said various persons, events, and/or things; generating a report containing both of said at least one record and said resulting set of records such that said at least one record can be compared to one pertaining to said same one of said various persons, events, and/or things, by a user, to determine if discrepancies exist; transmitting said report to a client terminal. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of providing a report of information, relating to an individual and stored on a data source used to facilitate trust between parties to a transaction involving the individual, comprising:
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generating a user interface to allow customers to obtain personal information about themselves that are stored at publicly-available data sources; said user interface permitting customers of a service to enter identifying information and authenticating information; at least a network server, authenticating a user and storing corresponding identifying information pertaining to said user; at least a network server, querying, based on said identifying information, an aggregator data source containing records derived from a primary data source and retrieving aggregator records resulting from said first step of querying; at least a network server, querying, based on said identifying information, said primary data source and retrieving primary records resulting from said second step of querying; generating a report containing said primary and aggregator records in a format that allows comparison by a user; at least one of said primary and aggregator records pertaining to a same person, event, and/or thing and containing redundant information unless a discrepancy between at least a corresponding portion of each of said primary and aggregator records exists. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method of providing a report of information, relating to an individual and stored on a data source used to facilitate trust between parties to a transaction involving the individual, comprising:
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from at least a network server, transmitting a form with fields for obtaining identifying information, identifying said individual, to a client terminal; receiving at least a network server from said client terminal, identifying information associated with said form fields, said identifying information substantially uniquely identifying said individual; at least a network server, authenticating a requester at said client terminal to confirm that said requester is said individual; at least a network server, performing a process including querying the data source, said process resulting in a final set of records resulting from said querying and pertaining to said identifying information; said process being such that said final set includes records satisfying a strict matching criterion and records not satisfying said strict matching criterion, but satisfying a less strict matching criterion, when records in said data source include less than a predetermined number satisfying said strict matching criterion, but includes only records satisfying said strict matching criterion when records in said data source include at least a predetermined number satisfying said strict matching criterion; generating at least a network server, a report including data from said final set of records. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method of providing a report of information, relating to an individual and stored on a data source used to facilitate trust between parties to a transaction involving the individual, comprising:
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from at least a network server, transmitting a form with fields for obtaining identifying information, identifying said individual, to a client terminal; receiving at least a network server from said client terminal, identifying information associated with said form fields, said identifying information substantially uniquely identifying said individual; at least a network server, authenticating a requester at said client terminal to confirm that said requester is said individual; at least a network server, querying the data source and retrieving a final set of records resulting from said querying and pertaining to said identifying information; said final set including records corresponding to a result of a narrow query and a broad query when the number of records in said data source satisfying said broad query is less than a predetermined number; generating at least a network server, a report including data from said final set of records; transmitting said report to a client terminal. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43)
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44. A method of providing a report of information, relating to an individual and stored on a data source used to facilitate trust between parties to a transaction involving the individual, comprising:
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from at least a network server, transmitting a form with fields for obtaining identifying information, identifying said individual, to a client terminal; receiving at least a network server from said client terminal, identifying information associated with said form fields, said identifying information substantially uniquely identifying said individual; at least a network server, authenticating a requester at said client terminal to confirm that said requester is said individual; at least a network server, querying the data source and retrieving a final set of records resulting from said querying and pertaining to said identifying information; determining if a predetermined number of records has been obtained; at least one of querying an additional data source or querying, based on a less strict query, a same data source when less than said predetermined number is determined; generating at least a network server, a report including data from said final set of records; transmitting said report to a client terminal. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46)
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