Method and System for Site Based Information Distribution

• US 20110271351A1
• Filed: 02/28/2011
• Published: 11/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: André Rautenberg
• Original Assignee: André Rautenberg
• Inventors: Rautenberg, André
• Application Number:
  US13/037,286
• Publication Number:
  US 20110271351A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/26
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/061 for key exchange, e.g. in peer-to-peer networks cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key agreement H04L9/0838
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles

Abstract

A method and a system include an account site for establishing at least one information account. The information account is established by supplying at least a secret transfer key where the information account is associated with an account identifier. Information is entered into the information account, where the information is encoded before storage into the information account and is viewable only by an owner of the information account. Access permission is entered for at least one requester to enable transfer of the information to an account of the requester. The requester is contacted for at least making available the information. The secret transfer key is communicated to the requester where the secret transfer key is used by the requester to retrieve the information. The information is decoded, transferred to an account of the requester and a log entry of the transfer is made into the information account.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

steps for accessing an account site for establishing at least one information account;

steps for establishing said information account by supplying at least a secret transfer key;

steps for entering information into said information account, where said information is viewable only by an owner of said information account;

steps for entering access permission to enable transfer of said information to an account of a requester;

steps for contacting the requester for at least making available said information; and

steps for communicating said secret transfer key to the requester where said secret transfer key is used by the requester to retrieve said information and a log entry of said retrieval is made into said information account.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising steps for accessing said information account for editing of said information.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising steps for accessing said information account to view said log entry.

4. A method comprising the steps of:

accessing an account site for establishing at least one information account;

establishing said information account by supplying at least a secret transfer key where said information account is associated with an account identifier;

entering information into said information account, where said information is encoded before storage into said information account and is viewable only by an owner of said information account;

entering access permission for at least one requester to enable transfer of said information to an account of the requester;

contacting the requester for at least making available said information; and

communicating said secret transfer key to the requester where said secret transfer key is used by the requester to retrieve said information where said information is decoded, transferred to an account of the requester and a log entry of said transfer is made into said information account.

5. The method as recited in claim 4, further comprising the step of accessing said information account for editing of said information where said edited information is encoded before storage.

6. The method as recited in claim 5, in which said edited information and said account identifier is further transferred to said account of the requester after said edited information and said account identifier is encoded.

7. The method as recited in claim 4, further comprising the step of accessing said information account to view said log entry.

8. The method as recited in claim 4, in which said account of the requester resides at said account site.

9. The method as recited in claim 4, in which said information remains viewable only by the owner of said information account during said decoding and transferring to said account of the requester.

10. The method as recited in claim 4, in which said step of establishing further comprises supplying a personal identifier for access to said information account.

11. The method as recited in claim 4, in which the requester supplies a personal identifier for access to said account of the requester.

12. A system comprising:

an account site being operable for establishing and maintaining a plurality of information accounts;

an owner information account established and maintained at said account site where said owner information account is operable for maintaining at least information that an owner desires to make available to selected requesters, said owner information account further being operable for encoding and storing said information, a secret transfer key, access permissions, and an account identifier, said owner information account further being operable for maintaining said information viewable only by the owner; and

a requester account established and maintained at said account site where said requester account is operable for receiving a transfer of information from said owner information account, said requester account further being operable for verifying a validity of a secret transfer key communicated to a user of said requester account from said owner where upon presentation of a valid secret transfer key by the user, said requester account is further operable for decoding said information and recording a log entry in said owner information account of a transfer of at least part of said information.

13. The system as recited in claim 12, in which said requester account is further operable for decoding said account identifier to determine a location for said log entry.

14. The system as recited in claim 12, in which said owner information account is further operable for enabling the owner to edit said information.

15. The system as recited in claim 12, in which said owner information account is further operable for enabling the owner to edit said access permissions.

16. The system as recited in claim 14, in which said edited information and said account identifier is further transferred to said requester account after said edited information and said account identifier is encoded.

17. The system as recited in claim 12, in which said owner information account is further operable for enabling the owner to view said log entry.

18. The system as recited in claim 12, in which said information remains viewable only by the owner of said information account during transferring to said requester account.

19. The system as recited in claim 12, in which the owner supplies a personal identifier for access to said information account.

20. The system as recited in claim 12, in which the requester supplies a personal identifier for access to said requester account.