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User-centric consent management system and method

  • US 7,076,558 B1
  • Filed: 02/27/2002
  • Issued: 07/11/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of managing access by a client to user-specific information maintained in connection with a plurality of services, the method comprising:

  • maintaining a plurality of items of user-specific information in more than one of a plurality of services offered by a web-services provider and used by a user of said plurality of services;

    obtaining a plurality of client access requests directed to accessing the plurality of items of user-specific information maintained in the more than one of the plurality of services, said plurality of access requests being translated from a task request that requires the client to access the plurality of items of user-specific information in order to complete the task request; and

    for each of the plurality of items of user-specific information required by the client to complete the task request;

    determining if the client has consent to access the items of user-specific information required by the client to complete the task request;

    selectively obtaining consent, from a party having authority to grant access to the client for the client to access the item of user-specific information if the client lacks consent as a function of said determining;

    filling the client access request directed to the item if the client has consent to access the item of user-specific information;

    initiating the task request requiring the client to access the item of user-specific information in order to complete the task request;

    translating the task request into the plurality of client access requests to complete the task request wherein selectively obtaining consent for the client to access the item of user-specific information comprises;

    identifying the task request;

    placing the identified task request in a task queue;

    identifying the party with authority to grant consent to the client to access the item of user-specific information for which the client lacked consent to access; and

    displaying a consent menu to the identified party with authority, said consent menu prompting the identified party to grant or deny consent for the client to access the item of user-specific information for which the client lacked consent to access.

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