Marketplace Exchange of Personal Data

• US 20150142686A1
• Filed: 11/16/2013
• Published: 05/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Baldwin, Christopher F., Mallian, Dolores J., Stahulak, Charles M., Barnes, Bruce
• Granted Patent: US 9,953,386 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/325
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/13 File access structures, e.g. distributed indices arrangements of input from, or output to, record carriers G06F3/06
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3331 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/265 Personal security, identity or safety
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15

Abstract

Transparent collection and profiling of personal data builds trust. A central database aggregates personal data reported by source devices. Users may view their individual personal data. Users may approve the personal data for sharing with approved entities, such as trusted retailers.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving image data generated by a security camera;

identifying an image of a user captured in the image data;

storing a network centric database that aggregates personal data of different users;

associating the image data in the database to the personal data associated with the user;

sending a notification to an address associated with the user, the notification informing the user of the image captured in the image data; and

receiving a sharing permission from the user to share the image data with an approved entity,

wherein the user approves sharing of the image data captured by the security camera.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising associating the image data to a beacon signal that uniquely identifies a mobile device carried by the user.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising identifying an infrared beacon signal in the image data, the infrared beacon signal uniquely identifying the user.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a query from the approved entity requesting access to the image data.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising sending a sharing notification to the user in response to the query, the sharing notification informing the user of the image data shared with the approved entity.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising querying the database for a location.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising generating a summary report of the personal data associated with the location.

8. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

memory storing instructions that when executed cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

receiving image data generated by a security camera;

identifying an image of a user captured in the image data;

storing a network centric database that aggregates personal data of different users;

associating the image data in the database to the personal data associated with the user;

sending a notification to an address associated with the user, the notification informing the user of the image captured in the image data; and

receiving a sharing permission from the user to share the image data with an approved entity,

wherein the user approves sharing of the image data captured by the security camera.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise associating the image data to a beacon signal that uniquely identifies a mobile device carried by the user.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise identifying an infrared beacon signal in the image data, the infrared beacon signal uniquely identifying the user.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise receiving a query from the approved entity requesting access to the image data.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise sending a sharing notification to the user in response to the query, the sharing notification informing the user of the image data shared with the approved entity.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise querying the database for a location.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise generating a summary report of the personal data associated with the location.

15. A memory storing instructions that when execute cause a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving image data generated by a security camera;

identifying an image of a user captured in the image data;

storing a network centric database that aggregates personal data of different users;

associating the image data in the database to the personal data associated with the user;

sending a notification to an address associated with the user, the notification informing the user of the image captured in the image data; and

receiving a sharing permission from the user to share the image data with an approved entity,

wherein the user approves sharing of the image data captured by the security camera.

16. The memory of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise associating the image data to a beacon signal that uniquely identifies a mobile device carried by the user.

17. The memory of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise identifying an infrared beacon signal in the image data, the infrared beacon signal uniquely identifying the user.

18. The memory of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise receiving a query from the approved entity requesting access to the image data.

19. The memory of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise sending a sharing notification to the user in response to the query, the sharing notification informing the user of the image data shared with the approved entity.

20. The memory of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise querying the database for a location.