Data Communication and Analytics Platform

• US 20140236857A1
• Filed: 05/02/2013
• Published: 08/21/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bank of America Corp.
• Original Assignee: Bank of America Corp.
• Inventors: Tsefrikas, John A., Ybarra, S. Michelle, Walls, Jeffrey R., Greco, James A., McKinnon, Richard, Schneider, Paul
• Application Number:
  US13/875,987
• Publication Number:
  US 20140236857A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/342
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/21 Design, administration or maintenance of databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/211 Schema design and management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0637 Strategic management or analysis, e.g. setting a goal or target of an organisation; Planning actions based on goals; Analysis or evaluation of effectiveness of goals
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data

Abstract

An interface receives a report associated with a customer from a first computer. The report includes customer attributes associated with the customer. A processor determines a customer identifier associated with the customer. The processor associates the customer identifier and customer attributes of the report to a customer identifier in a cross-reference table. The cross-reference table is internal to an enterprise and comprises the customer identifier and a universal key. The interface receives a request for an anonymized report from a second computer. The request comprises at least one requested customer identifier and indicates requested customer attributes. The processor determines a universal key for each requested customer identifier and generates the anonymized report. The anonymized report comprises the universal key associated with the requested customer identifier and the requested customer attributes. The interface communicates the anonymized report to a computer.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

an interface operable to receive a report associated with a customer from a first computer, the report including customer attributes associated with the customer;

a processor communicatively coupled to the interface and operable to;

determine a customer identifier associated with the customer; and

associate the customer identifier and customer attributes of the report to a customer identifier in a cross-reference table, the cross-reference table internal to an enterprise and comprising the customer identifier and a universal key;

the interface is further operable to receive a request for an anonymized report from a second computer, the request comprising at least one requested customer identifier and indicating requested customer attributes;

the processor is further operable to;

determine the universal key for each requested customer identifier; and

generate the anonymized report, the anonymized report comprising the universal key associated with the requested customer identifier and the requested customer attributes; and

the interface is further operable to communicate the anonymized report to a computer.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the interface is further operable to receive an anonymized report containing a universal key and a customer attribute associated with the universal key; and

the processor is further operable to associate the universal key and customer attribute of the anonymized report to the universal key associated with the cross-reference table.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further operable to scramble the anonymized report and the universal key is listed randomly in the report with associated requested customer attributes of the universal key.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the first computer is external to the enterprise.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the interface is further operable to receive a request for an identification of an anonymous report from a third computer, the request containing a universal key;

the processor is further operable to determine a customer identifier for the universal key; and

the interface is further operable to communicate the customer identifier to the third computer.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface is further operable to:

communicate the anonymized report to a governance team;

receive a transmission approval from the governance team; and

communicate the anonymized report to the second computer.

7. A method, comprising:

receiving, by an interface, a report associated with a customer from a first computer, the report including customer attributes associated with the customer;

determining, by a processor, a customer identifier associated with the customer;

associating, by the processor, the customer identifier and customer attributes of the report to a customer identifier in a cross-reference table, the cross-reference table internal to an enterprise and comprising the customer identifier and a universal key;

receiving, by the interface, a request for an anonymized report from a second computer, the request comprising at least one requested customer identifier and indicating requested customer attributes;

determining, by a processor, the universal key for each requested customer identifier,

generating, by the processor, the anonymized report, the anonymized report comprising the universal key associated with the requested customer identifier and the requested customer attributes; and

communicating, by the interface, the anonymized report to a computer.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving, by the interface, an anonymized report containing a universal key and a customer attribute associated with the universal key; and

associating, by the processor, the universal key and customer attribute of the anonymized report to the universal key associated with the cross-reference table.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising scrambling, by the processor, the anonymized report, wherein the universal key is listed randomly in the report with associated requested customer attributes of the universal key.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the first computer is external to the enterprise.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving, by the interface, a request for an identification of an anonymous report from a third computer, the request containing a universal key;

determining, by the processor, a customer identifier for the universal key; and

communicating, by the processor, the customer identifier to the third computer.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein communicating the anonymized report to the second computer comprises:

communicating, by the interface, the anonymized report to a governance team;

receiving, by the interface, a transmission approval from the governance team; and

communicating, by the interface, the anonymized report to the second computer.

13. Non-transitory computer readable medium comprising logic, the logic, when executed by a processor, operable to:

receive a report associated with a customer from a first computer, the report including customer attributes associated with the customer;

determine a customer identifier associated with the customer;

associate the customer identifier and customer attributes of the report to a customer identifier in a cross-reference table, the cross-reference table internal to an enterprise and comprising the customer identifier and a universal key;

receive a request for an anonymized report from a second computer, the request comprising at least one requested customer identifier and indicating requested customer attributes;

determine the universal key for each requested customer identifier;

generate the anonymized report, the anonymized report comprising the universal key associated with the requested customer identifier and the requested customer attributes; and

communicate the anonymized report to a computer.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the logic is further operable to:

receive an anonymized report containing a universal key and a customer attribute associated with the universal key; and

associate the universal key and customer attribute of the anonymized report to the universal key associated with the cross-reference table.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the logic is further operable to scramble the anonymized report and the universal key is listed randomly in the report with associated requested customer attributes of the universal key.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the first computer is external to the enterprise.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the logic is further operable to:

receive a request for an identification of an anonymous report from a third computer, the request containing a universal key;

determine a customer identifier for the universal key; and

communicate the customer identifier to the third computer.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the logic is further operable to:

communicate the anonymized report to a governance team;

receive a transmission approval from the governance team; and

communicate the anonymized report to the second computer.