USER-CONTROLLED IDENTITY PROFILES

• US 20150088603A1
• Filed: 02/27/2014
• Published: 03/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Romero, Steve, Camp, Roy Leon
• Application Number:
  US14/192,722
• Publication Number:
  US 20150088603A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.29
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data

Abstract

In an example embodiment, an identity system comprises a data repository for storing user-controlled personal data; an enrollment module to enroll users with the data repository; a first communication module to receive an enrolled user authentication and personal data relating to the user; a control module allowing an authenticated user to supplement or modify the received personal data and to select recipients of user-identified aspects of the received personal data; and a second communication module to communicate the user-identified aspects to a selected recipient. A payment module may be configured to convey a value to the user based on the communication to, or use by, the selected recipient of the user-identified aspects of the personal data.

Claims

1. An identity system, comprising:

a data repository for storing user-controlled personal data;

an enrollment module to enroll users with the data repository;

a first communication module to receive an enrolled user authentication and personal data relating to the user;

a control module allowing an authenticated user to supplement or modify the received personal data and to select recipients of user-identified aspects of the received personal data; and

a second communication module to communicate the user-identified aspects to a selected recipient.

2. The identity system of claim 1, further comprising:

a payment module to convey a value to the user based on the communication to, or use by, the selected recipient of the user-identified aspects of the personal data.

3. The identity system of claim 1, wherein the control module is further to allow the user to select or restrict targeted information from the selected recipient.

4. The identity system of claim 1, further comprising an anonymizer module to associate an opaque identifier with the user-identified aspects of the personal data.

5. The identity system of claim 4, wherein the second communication module is to communicate the opaque identifier and user-identified aspects of the personal data to the selected recipient without identifying the user.

6. The identity system of claim 1, further comprising:

a subscription module for allowing a third party to register with the data repository as a potential recipient of the user-identified aspects of the personal data.

7. A method comprising:

maintaining a data repository for storing user-controlled personal data;

enrolling, using a processor of a machine, users with the data repository;

receiving, using a processor of a machine, an enrolled user authentication and personal data relating to the user;

allowing an authenticated user to supplement or modify the received personal data and to select recipients of user-identified aspects of the received personal data; and

communicating the user-identified aspects to a selected recipient.

8. The method of claim 7, further including conveying a value to the user based on the communication to, or use by, the selected recipient of the user-identified aspects of the personal data.

9. The method of claim 7, further including allowing the user to select or restrict targeted information from the selected recipient.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising associating an opaque identifier with the user-identified aspects of the personal data.

11. The method of claim 10, further including communicating the opaque identifier and user-identified aspects of the personal data to the selected recipient without identifying the user.

12. The method of claim 7, further including allowing third parties to register with the data repository as a potential recipient of the user-identified aspects of the personal data.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise any one or more of the operations defined in claims 8-12.

13. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations including:

maintaining a data repository for storing user-controlled personal data;

enrolling, using a processor of a machine, users with the data repository;

receiving, using a processor of a machine, an enrolled user authentication and personal data relating to the user;

allowing an authenticated user to supplement or modify the received personal data and to select recipients of user-identified aspects of the received personal data; and

communicating the user-identified aspects to a selected recipient.