Managing digital identity information
First Claim
1. A computer server system for managing digital identity information, comprising at least one processor in operable connection with a memory configured by a database, the database including a vault for storage of multiple user objects for multiple users, the vault having access rights granted to a system administrator for management of the multiple user objects, each of the user objects having a corresponding safe object, the safe object containing multiple different profiles accessed and administered exclusively by a single one of the multiple users at the exclusion of the system administrator, each profile including digital identity information provided by the single one of the multiple users and operable to be shared with other of the multiple users having other multiple different profiles accessible and administered exclusively by the other of the multiple users, the sharing occurring exclusively upon initiation by the single one of the multiple users.
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Abstract
A basic architecture for managing digital identity information in a network such as the World Wide Web is provided. A user of the architecture can organize his or her information into one or more profiles which reflect the nature of different relationships between the user and other entities, and grant or deny each entity access to a given profile. Various enhancements which may be provided through the architecture are also described, including tools for filtering email, controlling access to user web pages, locating other users and making one'"'"'s own location known, browsing or mailing anonymously, filling in web forms automatically with information already provided once by hand, logging in automatically, securely logging in to multiple sites with a single password and doing so from any machine on the network, and other enhancements.
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- 1. A computer server system for managing digital identity information, comprising at least one processor in operable connection with a memory configured by a database, the database including a vault for storage of multiple user objects for multiple users, the vault having access rights granted to a system administrator for management of the multiple user objects, each of the user objects having a corresponding safe object, the safe object containing multiple different profiles accessed and administered exclusively by a single one of the multiple users at the exclusion of the system administrator, each profile including digital identity information provided by the single one of the multiple users and operable to be shared with other of the multiple users having other multiple different profiles accessible and administered exclusively by the other of the multiple users, the sharing occurring exclusively upon initiation by the single one of the multiple users.
- 58. A computer server system for managing digital identity information, comprising one or more processors in operable connection with one or more memories defining a vault for storage of one or more safes of digital identities, the vault including an access protocol layer, an identity server layer and an identity manager layer and having access rights granted to one or more system administrators including management of the one or more safes of digital identities of one or more accounts of end users, the one or more safes of digital identities having multiple profiles each with access rights granted exclusively to the end users via the one or more accounts including the exclusion of access rights of the one or more system administrators, the multiple profiles being shared amongst the end users at the exclusion of the one or more system administrators.
- 66. A configured computer-readable storage medium that manages digital identities, comprising a vault for secure storage of one or more safes of digital identity profiles, the vault having an access protocol layer, an identity server layer and an identity manager layer and having access rights granted to a system administrator for management of the safes of digital identity profiles, the one or more safes of digital identity profiles having access rights granted exclusively to one or more end users at locations remote from the vault, the one or more safes of digital identity profiles further including multiple profiles shared amongst the end users at the exclusion of the system administrator.
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