SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR GATHERING AND DELIVERING PERSONALIZED USER INFORMATION

• US 20100299388A1
• Filed: 04/07/2010
• Published: 11/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fintegraph, LLC (Ascend Innovation Management, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Onederland Technologys LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Krauthamer, Robert M., Esses, Steven, Bolnick, David A.
• Granted Patent: US 8,868,641 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 Access control lists [ACL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

A system, method and computer program product for providing a secure data channel between a user and associates. The method may receive pushed information from an associate, including, e.g., an update to the user profile information, related information, or personalized content for the user. The method can convey to the user, personal information including a selectable union of the user profile information, the related information, and/or the personalized content. The method can further share access to the personal information to a family, where the family can include another user, users, or multiple related users. The pushed information can include textual, digitized audio, digitized video, graphical image, or other data, and can include prescription, automobile service, or purchased product information, or voicemail messages.

Claims

1-13. -13. (canceled)

14. A system, comprising:

one or more servers configured to;

store account information corresponding to a first account of an information distribution service, wherein the stored information indicates that the first account is a member of a group that includes at least three members;

receive, from a client device, a request to access the first account; and

in response to determining that the request is valid, provide a report to the client device;

wherein the report includes personal information from a second account of the information distribution service, wherein the second account is different from the first account, wherein the information distribution service stores information indicating that the second account is a member of the group, and wherein the personal information from the second account is broadcast by the information distribution service to members of the group; and

wherein the report further includes a message from a sender, wherein the message is included in the report based on;

the message being addressed to the first account; and

the sender and the first account being a member of the group.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the system is configured to provide the report to the client device in response to the client device logging on to the first account.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the system is configured to provide the report over a wireless network to the client device.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the system is configured to provide the report over a television network to the client device.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the personal information from the second account includes one or both of a calendar entry and an announcement, and wherein the personal information form the second account is broadcast to members of the group without being addressed by the second account to the member of the group.

20. The system of claim 14, wherein the system is web-based, wherein the system further comprises a web server that is configured to provide the report to the client device via one or more web pages.

21. The system of claim 14, wherein the system is further configured to include additional content as part of the report for the first account, wherein the additional content includes public information generated by the system based upon user profile information specified for the first account.

23. The system of claim 14, wherein the message is not addressed to other members of the group, and wherein the message is not made accessible to the other members of the group.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the report further includes a second message that is addressed to all members of the group, and wherein the second message is made accessible to all the members of the group.

22. The system of claim 22, wherein the additional content included in the report for the first account includes information based on location information specified for the first account.

25. A method, comprising:

a computer system storing account information corresponding to a first account of an information distribution service, wherein the stored information indicates that the first account is a member of a group that includes at least three members;

the computer system receiving, from a client device, a request to access the first account; and

in response to determining that the request is valid, the computer system providing a report to the client device;

wherein the report includes personal information from a second account of the information distribution service, wherein the second account is different from the first account, wherein the information distribution service stores information indicating that the second account is a member of the group, and wherein the personal information from the second account is broadcast by the information distribution service to members of the group; and

wherein the report further includes a message from a sender, wherein the message is included in the report based on;

the message being addressed to the first account; and

the sender and the first account being a member of the group.

26. The method of claim 25, further comprising providing the report to the client device in response to the client device logging on to the first account.

27. The method of claim 25, wherein the method is web-based, wherein the method further comprises providing the report to the client device via one or more web pages.

28. The method of claim 25, wherein the personal information from the second account includes one or both of a calendar entry and an announcement, and wherein the personal information form the second account is broadcast to members of the group without being addressed by the second account to the member of the group.

29. The method of claim 25, further comprising including additional content as part of the report for the first account, wherein the additional content includes public information generated by the method based upon user profile information specified for the first account.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the additional content included in the report for the first account includes information based on location information specified for the first account.

31. The method of claim 25,

wherein the message is not addressed to other members of the group, and wherein the message is not made accessible to the other members of the group;

and

wherein the report further includes a second message that is addressed to all members of the group, and wherein the second message is made accessible to all the members of the group.

32. An article of manufacture including a computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

storing account information corresponding to a first account of an information distribution service, wherein the stored information indicates that the first account is a member of a group that includes at least three members;

receiving, from a client device, a request to access the first account; and

in response to determining that the request is valid, providing a report to the client device;

wherein the report includes personal information from a second account of the information distribution service, wherein the second account is different from the first account, wherein the information distribution service stores information indicating that the second account is a member of the group, and wherein the personal information from the second account is broadcast by the information distribution service to members of the group; and

wherein the report further includes a message from a sender, wherein the message is included in the report based on;

the message being addressed to the first account; and

the sender and the first account being a member of the group.

33. The article of manufacture of claim 32, wherein the operations further comprise providing the report to the client device in response to the client device logging on to the first account.

34. The article of manufacture of claim 32, wherein the operations further comprise providing the report to the client device via one or more web pages.

35. The article of manufacture of claim 32, wherein the personal information from the second account includes one or both of a calendar entry and an announcement, and wherein the personal information form the second account is broadcast to members of the group without being addressed by the second account to the member of the group.

36. The article of manufacture of claim 32, wherein the operations further comprise including additional content as part of the report for the first account, wherein the additional content includes public information generated by the article of manufacture based upon user profile information specified for the first account.

37. The article of manufacture of claim 36, wherein the additional content included in the report for the first account includes information based on location information specified for the first account.

38. The article of manufacture of claim 32,

wherein the message is not addressed to other members of the group, and wherein the message is not made accessible to the other members of the group;

and

wherein the report further includes a second message that is addressed to all members of the group, and wherein the second message is made accessible to all the members of the group.