Method and system for securing user identities and creating virtual users to enhance privacy on a communication network
DCFirst Claim
1. A method of facilitating access to a service on a communication network using a virtual entity, the method comprising:
- establishing for a real entity a user account including billing data of said real entity;
storing virtual identification data defining the virtual entity in a memory accessible via one or more sites of the communication network;
assigning to said virtual entity a virtual transaction account associated with said virtual identification data;
allowing said real entity access to control said virtual entity using at least one of said sites; and
facilitating authorization of a transaction of monetary value with one or more other entities on said communication network using said virtual transaction account without revealing said billing data of the real entity,wherein said virtual identification data does not identify the real entity to said one or more other entities over said communication network.
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Abstract
A method of enabling a real entity to access a service on a communication network using a virtual entity, the method including the steps of establishing a user account including at least first data corresponding to the identity of the real entity and second data corresponding to the virtual entity and not identifying the real entity, storing the first and second data in a first database, linking between the first and second data in the first database, storing the second data at a second database, associating the second database with a communication network site, connecting the communication network site to the communication network, receiving the second data from an unidentified user on the communication network site, identifying the unidentified user as the virtual entity based on receiving the second data, and allowing the virtual entity to access the service.
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1. A method of facilitating access to a service on a communication network using a virtual entity, the method comprising:
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establishing for a real entity a user account including billing data of said real entity; storing virtual identification data defining the virtual entity in a memory accessible via one or more sites of the communication network; assigning to said virtual entity a virtual transaction account associated with said virtual identification data; allowing said real entity access to control said virtual entity using at least one of said sites; and facilitating authorization of a transaction of monetary value with one or more other entities on said communication network using said virtual transaction account without revealing said billing data of the real entity, wherein said virtual identification data does not identify the real entity to said one or more other entities over said communication network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system of facilitating access to a service on a communication network using a virtual entity, the system comprising:
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a first database to store data corresponding to a user account of a real entity, wherein the user account includes billing data of the real entity; and a second database, associated with one or more sites of said communication network, to store virtual identification data defining said virtual entity and data corresponding to a virtual transaction account assigned to the virtual entity, wherein said virtual entity is accessible via one or more sites of the communication network and is controllable by the real entity using at least one of said sites, wherein the data corresponding to the virtual transaction account includes authorization to perform a transaction of monetary value with one or more other entities over said communication network using said virtual transaction account without revealing said billing data of the real entity, and wherein said virtual identification data does not identify the real entity to said one or more other entities over said communication network. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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