CONSUMER RIGHTS LOCKER

• US 20130262515A1
• Filed: 03/30/2012
• Published: 10/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Pictures Technologies Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Pictures Technologies Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Berger, Richard, Singer, Mitch
• Granted Patent: US 10,223,508 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/783
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]

Abstract

Storing, building, managing, and controlling consumer personal information, including: building at least one level of personal information according to a standard; storing the personal information on a consumer rights locker; defining a scope of access under terms of a consumer to control access to the consumer rights locker; transmitting a plurality of parameters needed to access the consumer rights locker; receiving a request to access the consumer rights locker and the plurality of parameters; comparing the plurality of parameters to the scope of access; and granting access to the consumer rights locker when it is determined that the request is valid, wherein the request is valid when the plurality of parameters includes an access right that is consistent with information in the scope of access. Keywords include consumer rights locker and personal information.

Claims

1. A method of storing, building, managing, and controlling consumer personal information, the method comprising:

building at least one level of personal information according to a standard;

storing the personal information on a consumer rights locker;

defining a scope of access under terms of a consumer to control access to the consumer rights locker;

transmitting a plurality of parameters needed to access the consumer rights locker;

receiving a request to access the consumer rights locker and the plurality of parameters;

comparing the plurality of parameters to the scope of access; and

granting access to the consumer rights locker when it is determined that the request is valid,

wherein the request is valid when the plurality of parameters includes an access right that is consistent with information in the scope of access.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one level of personal information comprises

at least one of name, address, phone number, income, credit card number, preferences for cars, computers, travel, and hotel, arranged into different levels.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein building at least one level of personal information according to a standard comprises

arranging the personal information so that it can be automatically accessed.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the standard comprises

a template which lays out a plurality of parameters needed to access the personal information from the consumer rights locker.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the plurality of parameters comprises:

an online address of the consumer rights locker; and

a key that would unlock an authorized level of the personal information.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein defining a scope of access comprises

granting access to a particular level of the personal information.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the scope of access further defines conditions and duration of the access to the particular level of the personal information.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein defining a scope of access comprises

withdrawing access to the particular level of the personal information.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising

providing an overview of the scope of access showing online services that are allowed access to the consumer rights locker.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein defining a scope of access comprises

defining a cost or value of the at least one level of personal information.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of parameters is stored in the form of an electronic data on at least one of carrying cards, mobile phones, laptop computers, and flash memories.

12. A consumer rights locker system for storing, building, managing, and controlling personal information of a consumer stored on a consumer rights locker, the system comprising:

a data manager configured to enable the consumer to build and manage at least one level of personal information and to store on the consumer rights locker according to a standard;

an access manager configured to manage access to the personal information built, stored, and managed by the data manager,

wherein the access manager defines a scope of access to the personal information under terms of the consumer, and transmits a plurality of parameters needed to access the consumer rights locker; and

an access controller configured to receive the plurality of parameters and grant access to the consumer rights locker when information in the plurality of parameters matches information in the scope of access.

13. The consumer rights locker system of claim 12, wherein the at least one level of personal information comprises

at least one of name, address, phone number, income, credit card number, preferences for cars, computers, travel, and hotel, arranged into different levels.

14. The consumer rights locker system of claim 12, wherein the standard comprises

a template which lays out a plurality of parameters needed to access the personal information from the consumer rights locker.

15. The consumer rights locker system of claim 14, wherein the plurality of parameters comprises:

an online address of the consumer rights locker; and

a key that would unlock an authorized level of the personal information.

16. The consumer rights locker system of claim 12, further comprising

an interface unit configured to removably couple to at least one of a carrying card, a mobile phone, a laptop computer, and a flash memory,

wherein the interface unit transmits and stores the plurality of parameters on the at least one of a carrying card, a mobile phone, a laptop computer, and a flash memory.

17. The consumer rights locker system of claim 12, wherein the scope of access includes

an overview showing all services, businesses, and other interested entities that the consumer allowed access to the consumer rights locker.

18. A non-transitory storage medium storing a computer program to store, build, manage, and control personal information of a consumer, the computer program comprising executable instructions that cause a computer to:

build at least one level of personal information according to a standard;

store the personal information on a consumer rights locker;

define a scope of access under terms of a consumer to control access to the consumer rights locker;

transmit a plurality of parameters needed to access the consumer rights locker;

receive a request to access the consumer rights locker and the plurality of parameters;

compare the plurality of parameters to the scope of access; and

grant access to the consumer rights locker when it is determined that the request is valid,

wherein the request is valid when the plurality of parameters includes an access right that is consistent with information in the scope of access.

19. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 18, wherein executable instructions that cause a computer to build at least one level of personal information according to a standard comprises executable instructions that cause a computer to

arrange the personal information so that it can be automatically accessed.

20. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 18, wherein executable instructions that cause a computer to define a scope of access comprises executable instructions that cause a computer to

grant access to a particular level of the personal information.

21. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 20, wherein the scope of access further defines conditions and duration of the access to the particular level of the personal information.

22. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 18, further comprising executable instructions that cause a computer to

provide an overview of the scope of access showing businesses and services that are allowed access to the consumer rights locker.