System, method and computer program product for gathering and delivering personalized user information
First Claim
1. A system configured to provide an information distribution service, said system comprising:
- a memory subsystem;
one or more application servers configured to receive, via secure links to said information distribution service, messages including personal information relating to users of said information distribution service, wherein said users include a first user, wherein at least some of said messages are received from a plurality of business entities;
wherein the received messages include first and second messages, wherein the first and second messages each include personal, non-public information relating to said first user and each include an indication of a time-based priority of the message, wherein the first message is received from a first business entity, wherein the second message is received from a second business entity;
wherein said first and second business entities have been associated with a first account of said information distribution service, permitting said first and second business entities to provide, via said information distribution service, messages to said first account that include personal information relating to said first user, wherein the first account is associated with the first user;
wherein the received messages further include a third message, wherein said third message includes information corresponding to a second account of said information distribution service, and wherein the second account corresponds to a second user of said information distribution service, wherein the second account and the first account are members of a first group, wherein the information distribution service allows a member of the first group to send information to one or more other members of the first group, and wherein said first account is independent from said second account;
wherein said one or more application servers are configured to store the received messages in said memory subsystem, including the first, second, and third messages;
wherein the one or more application servers are configured to generate a report for the first account by selecting the stored messages that are directed to the first account and whose time-based priorities satisfy one or more time-based criteria, wherein the report for the first account includes at least an indication of the first, second, and third messages;
wherein the one or more application servers are configured to store the report for the first account.
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Abstract
A system, method and computer program product for providing a secure data channel between a user and associates for receiving at a processing server, from a user, user profile information, family definitions, and/or a hardware signature. The method may receives pushed information from an associate, including, e.g., an update to the user profile information, related information, or personalized content for the user. The method can convey to the user, personal information including a selectable union of the user profile information, the related information, and/or the personalized content. The method can convey information to the user. The method can share access to the personal information to a family. The method can also provide cumulative aggregate user profile information to the associate.
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64 Claims
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1. A system configured to provide an information distribution service, said system comprising:
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a memory subsystem; one or more application servers configured to receive, via secure links to said information distribution service, messages including personal information relating to users of said information distribution service, wherein said users include a first user, wherein at least some of said messages are received from a plurality of business entities; wherein the received messages include first and second messages, wherein the first and second messages each include personal, non-public information relating to said first user and each include an indication of a time-based priority of the message, wherein the first message is received from a first business entity, wherein the second message is received from a second business entity; wherein said first and second business entities have been associated with a first account of said information distribution service, permitting said first and second business entities to provide, via said information distribution service, messages to said first account that include personal information relating to said first user, wherein the first account is associated with the first user; wherein the received messages further include a third message, wherein said third message includes information corresponding to a second account of said information distribution service, and wherein the second account corresponds to a second user of said information distribution service, wherein the second account and the first account are members of a first group, wherein the information distribution service allows a member of the first group to send information to one or more other members of the first group, and wherein said first account is independent from said second account; wherein said one or more application servers are configured to store the received messages in said memory subsystem, including the first, second, and third messages; wherein the one or more application servers are configured to generate a report for the first account by selecting the stored messages that are directed to the first account and whose time-based priorities satisfy one or more time-based criteria, wherein the report for the first account includes at least an indication of the first, second, and third messages; wherein the one or more application servers are configured to store the report for the first account. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer-based method for providing an information distribution service, said method comprising:
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receiving, via secure links to said information distribution service, messages including personal information relating to users of said information distribution service, wherein said users include a first user, wherein at least some of said messages are received from a plurality of business entities, wherein the received messages include first, second, and third messages, wherein the first and second messages each include personal, non-public information relating to said first user and an indication of a time-based priority of the message, wherein the first message is received from a first business entity, wherein the second message is received from a second business entity, wherein said first and second business entities have been associated with a first account of the information distribution service via said information distribution service, permitting said first and second business entities to provide, via said information distribution service, messages to said first account that include personal information relating to said first user, wherein the first account is associated with the first user; wherein the third message includes information corresponding to a second account of the information distribution service, wherein the second account corresponds to a second user of the information distribution service, wherein the second account and the first account are members of a first group, wherein the information distribution service allows a member of the first group to send information to one or more other members of the first group, and wherein said first account is independent from said second user account; storing said received messages; generating a report for the first account, wherein the report includes the first, second and third messages, and wherein said generating includes selecting at least the first and second messages for inclusion in the report based on the time-based priority of those messages satisfying one or more time-based criteria specified by the information distribution service; storing the report for the first account; making the report available to a client computer system that has accessed the first account via said information distribution service, wherein the report is displayable on the client computer system using a first interface. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A computer-readable memory medium comprising program instructions executable by a computer system to cause the computer system to:
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receive, via secure links to an information distribution service, messages including personal information relating to users of said information distribution service, wherein said users include a first user, wherein at least some of said messages are received from a plurality of business entities, wherein the received messages include first, second, and third messages, wherein the first and second messages each include personal, private information relating to said first user and each include an indication of a time-based priority of the message, wherein the first message is received from a first business entity, wherein the second message is received from a second business entity, wherein said first and second business entities have been associated with a first account of said information distribution service via said information distribution service, permitting said first and second business entities to provide, via said information distribution service, messages to said first account that include personal information relating to said first user, wherein the first account is associated with the first user; wherein the third message includes information corresponding to a second account of said information distribution service, wherein the second account and the first account are members of a first group, wherein the information distribution service allows a member of the first group to send information to one or more other members of the first group, and wherein said first account is independent from said second account; store said received messages; generate a report for the first account, wherein the report includes the first, second and third messages, and wherein generating the report includes selecting at least the first and second messages for inclusion in the report based on the time-based priorities of those messages satisfying one or more time-based criteria specified by the information distribution service; and
make the report available to a client computer system that has accessed the first account via said information distribution service, wherein the report is displayable on the client computer system using a first interface. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A method, comprising:
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a first computer system receiving, from an information distribution service over a data channel that includes the Internet, a first plurality of messages; responsive to said receiving, said first computer system providing at least an indication of each of the first plurality of messages for display to a first user using a first interface; wherein at least some of the first plurality of messages were sent to the information distribution service over a respective data channel that includes the Internet by a plurality of business entities; wherein each of the plurality of business entities is associated with a first account of the information distribution service and is permitted by the information distribution service to provide messages to the first account, wherein the first account is associated with the first user; wherein each of the at least some of the first plurality of messages includes personal, non-public content that is related to the first user and that is not provided by the originating business entity to other accounts of the information distribution service; wherein the first plurality of messages further include a user message, wherein the user message includes information corresponding to a second account of said information distribution service that is associated with a second user of the information distribution service, wherein the second account and the first account are members of a first group, where in the information distribution service allows a member of the first group to send information to one or more other members of the first group, and wherein said first account is independent from said second account; wherein each of the at least some of the first plurality of messages has an associated time value indicative of a time-based priority of the message, and wherein each of the first plurality of messages was selected for delivery to the first computer system based on its associated time value satisfying one or more time-based criteria specified by the information distribution service. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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