APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UNIVERSAL PERSONAL DATA PORTABILITY

• US 20130275409A1
• Filed: 04/16/2012
• Published: 10/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Anish Sankalia, Madhav Moganti, Mayuresh Pandit
• Inventors: MOGANTI, MADHAV, PANDIT, MAYURESH, SANKALIA, ANISH
• Granted Patent: US 10,083,246 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/722
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90 Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]

Abstract

A universal personal data portability capability is disclosed. The universal personal data portability supports automated porting of personal data of a user from a plurality of environments to a personal data store of the user.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor, the processor configured to;

initiate a request to retrieve personal data from a personal data store of a user, wherein the personal data stored in the personal data store has a plurality of data types assigned thereto, wherein the data types are configured to decouple the personal data from a plurality of associated environments from which the personal data is ported;

receive the requested personal data at the client device, the received personal data including personal data of two or more of the data types; and

organize the received personal data based on the data types of the received personal data.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:

initiate presentation of the organized personal data; and

provide an interface configured for use by the user in viewing and controlling respective portions of the received personal data of the user received.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to provide user control over respective portions of the personal data of the user based on the data types of the personal data of the user.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory stores a plurality of personal data access applications configured to provide access to respective portions of the personal data of the user based on the respective data types of the respective portions of the personal data of the user.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data types are based on at least one of a market segment, an environment type, and an application type.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to communicate with a core data porting engine, the core data porting engine storing one or more data porting agents associated with the user and configured for controlling porting of personal data of the user from the environments to the personal data store of the user.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:

control a data porting filter setting indicative of whether personal data of the user that is intended for storage in one of the environments is to be sent to the personal data store of the user after or before being provided to the one of the environments.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the processor is configured to:

communicate an indication of the data porting filter setting toward a core data porting engine configured to control porting of personal data of the user to the personal data store of the user.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:

receive, from a core data porting engine, a template configured for use in configuring at least one feature of the personal data store; and

propagate information entered via the template toward the core data porting engine for use by the core data porting engine to configure at least one feature of the personal data store.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:

receive, from a core data porting engine, a template configured for use in configuring a data porting agent to control porting of personal data of the user from one of the environments to the personal data store; and

propagate information entered via the template toward the core data porting engine for use by the core data porting engine to configure the data porting agent.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:

detect a request to modify at least one of an owner of the personal data store and a member of the personal data store.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a set of personal data stored in the personal data store of the user is associated with a first environment, wherein the processor is configured to:

detect a request to transfer the set of personal data from the personal data store of the user to a second environment.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:

detect a request of the user to share a portion of the personal data of the user via opening of a data sharing port without sharing other portions of the personal data of the user.

14. A method, comprising:

using at least one processor for;

initiating a request to retrieve personal data from a personal data store of a user, wherein the personal data stored in the personal data store has a plurality of data types assigned thereto, wherein the data types are configured to decouple the personal data from a plurality of associated environments from which the personal data is ported;

receiving the requested personal data at the client device, the received personal data including personal data of two or more of the data types; and

organizing the received personal data based on the data types of the received personal data.

15. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor, the processor configured to;

receive at least one template from a core data porting engine, the at least one template comprising at least one of;

a template configured for use in configuring a personal data store of a user; and

a template configured for use in configuring at least one of a plurality of data porting agent of the core data porting engine to control porting of personal data of the user from one or more environments to the personal data store of the user; and

propagate information entered via the at least one template toward the core data porting engine for use by the core data porting engine to configure at least one of a feature of the personal data store and a feature of at least one of the data porting agents.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the template configured for use in configuring the personal data store is configured to enable at least one of:

setting of an ownership setting of the personal data store;

setting of a membership setting of the personal data store;

indicating of a request to transfer personal data, ported to the personal data store from a first one of the environments, from the personal data store of the user to a second one of the environments; and

indicating of a request of the user to share a portion of the personal data of the user via opening of a data sharing port without sharing other portions of the personal data of the user.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the template configured for use in configuring at least one of a plurality of data porting agent of the core data porting engine is configured to enable at least one of:

initializing establishment of a data porting agent, associated with the user, for controlling porting of personal data of the user from one of the environments to the personal data store; and

modifying at least one parameter of an existing data porting agent, associated with the user, for controlling porting of personal data of the user from one of the environments to the personal data store.

18. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the processor is configured to:

propagate, toward the core data porting engine, a data porting filter setting indicative of whether personal data of the user that is intended for storage in one of the environments is to be sent to the personal data store of the user after or before being provided to the one of the environments

19. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the processor is configured to:

initiate a request to retrieve personal data from the personal data store of the user, wherein the personal data stored in the personal data store has a plurality of data types assigned thereto, wherein the data types of the personal data are configured to decouple the personal data from the environments from which the personal data is ported;

receive the requested personal data at the client device, the received personal data including personal data of two or more of the data types; and

organize the received personal data at the client device based on the data types of the received personal data.

20. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the processor is configured to:

detect a request to modify at least one of an owner of the personal data store and a member of the personal data store.

21. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein a set of personal data stored in the personal data store of the user is associated with a first environment, wherein the processor is configured to:

detect a request to transfer the set of personal data from the personal data store of the user to a second environment.

22. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the processor is configured to:

detect a request of the user to share a portion of the personal data of the user via opening of a data sharing port without sharing other portions of the personal data of the user.

23. A method, comprising:

using at least one processor for;

receiving at least one template from a core data porting engine, the at least one template comprising at least one of;

a template configured for use in configuring a personal data store of a user; and

a template configured for use in configuring at least one of a plurality of data porting agent of the core data porting engine to control porting of personal data of the user from one or more environments to the personal data store of the user; and

propagating information entered via the at least one template toward the core data porting engine for use by the core data porting engine to configure at least one of a feature of the personal data store and a feature of at least one of the data porting agents.