Information exchange engine providing a critical infrastructure layer and methods of use thereof

• US 7,788,222 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2000
• Issued: 08/31/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PlanetID, LLC
• Original Assignee: Planetid Incorporated
• Inventors: Shah, Ajit S., Thom, Joyce, Thakur, Madhukar, Hu, Dave
• Primary Examiner(s): Woo, Isaac M
• Application Number:
  US09/742,699
• Publication Number:
  US 20020035556A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,541 Days
• Field of Search: 707600-831
• US Class Current: 707/618
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/21 Design, administration or maintenance of databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/22 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/258 Data format conversion from or to a database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/284 Relational databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/288 Entity relationship models
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A virtual record manager and a data exchange engine are provided for dynamically defining data records in a database and for dynamically allocating instances of defined data records. These components are capable of mediating between the database and application and client interface layers to facilitate exchange of information over a network. Embodiments are configured to allow complex data records having a plurality of related fields, and to allow management and exchange of information at both the data field level and data record level.

Claims

1. An information exchange system comprising:

a computing device having a processor executing instructions stored in memory to determine an identity of a first party to be provided personal information, determine whether a selected field of the personal information of a second party can be provided to the first party, determine whether the first party is attempting to access the selected field of personal information of the second party during a defined period of time as defined by the second party, and if the first party is determined to have access to the selected field of the personal information of the second party within the defined period of time, provide the selected field of the personal information of the second party to the first party.

2. The information exchange system of claim 1 wherein the processor is configured to execute instructions stored in memory to determine whether the selected field of the personal information of the second party can be provided to the first party using a unique identifier of the second party.

3. The information exchange system of claim 1 wherein the is configured to execute instructions stored in memory to determine whether the selected field of the personal information of the second party can be provided to the first party using a unique identifier of the first party.

4. The information exchange system of claim 1 wherein the is configured to execute instructions stored in memory to receive a message indicating a request from the first party for the selected field of the personal information of the second party and to process the message to provide the selected field of the personal information to the first party.

5. The information exchange system of claim 1 wherein the is configured to execute instructions stored in memory to receive a message indicating a request from the second party for the selected field of the personal information of the second party and to process the message to provide the selected field of the personal information to the first party.

6. The information exchange system of claim 1 wherein the is configured to execute instructions stored in memory to process one or more customized fields of the personal information received from the second party.

7. The information exchange system of claim 1 wherein the is configured to execute instructions stored in memory to receive a permission from the second party, to determine whether the selected field can be provided to the first party based on the permission.

8. The information exchange system of claim 1 further comprising a database configured to store at least one field of the personal information.

9. The information exchange system of claim 1 wherein the computing device is networkable.

10. An information exchange method comprising:

executing instructions stored in memory to determine the identity of a first party to be provided personal information;

executing instructions stored in memory to determine whether a selected field of the personal information of the second party can be provided to the first party;

executing instructions stored in memory to determine whether the first party is attempting to access the selected field of personal information of the second party during a defined period of time as defined by the second party, and

if the first party is determined to have access to the selected field of the personal information of the second party within the defined period of time, executing instructions stored in memory to provide the selected field of the personal information of the second party to the first party.

11. The information exchange method of claim 10 wherein determining whether the selected field of the personal information of the second party can be provided to the first party uses a unique identifier of the second party.

12. The information exchange method of claim 10 wherein determining whether the selected field of the personal information of the second party can be provided to the first party uses a unique identifier of the first party.

13. The information exchange method of claim 10 further comprising receiving a message indicating a request from the first party for the selected field of the personal information of the second party and processing the message to provide the selected field of the personal information to the first party.

14. The information exchange method of claim 10 further comprising receiving a message indicating a request from the second party for the selected field of the personal information of the second party and providing the selected field of the personal information to the first party.

15. The information exchange method of claim 10 further comprising transmitting a message to one or more third parties when the selected field is updated, where the selected field can be provided to the one or more third parties.

16. The information exchange method of claim 10 further comprising receiving a permission from the second party, to determine whether the selected field can be provided to the first party based on the permission.

17. The information exchange method of claim 10 further comprising transmitting to a database at least one field of the personal information of a second party.

18. A computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor to perform a method for providing information exchange, the method comprising:

to executing instructions stored in memory to determine an identity of a first party to be provided personal information;

executing instructions stored in memory to determine whether a selected field of the personal information of a second party can be provided to the first party;

executing instructions stored in memory to determine whether the first party is attempting to access the selected field of personal information of the second party during a defined period of time as defined by the second party; and

if the first party is determined to have access to the selected field of the personal information of the second party within the defined period of time, executing instructions stored in memory to provide the selected field of the personal information of the second party to the first party.

19. The computer readable storage medium of claim 18 wherein the method further comprises executing instructions stored in memory to direct the processor to determine whether the selected field of the personal information of the second party can be provided to the first party using a unique identifier of the second party.

20. The computer readable storage medium of claim 18 wherein the method further comprises executing instructions stored in memory to determine whether the selected field of the personal information of the second party can be provided to the first party using a unique identifier of the first party.

21. The computer readable storage medium of claim 18 wherein the method further comprises executing instructions stored in memory to direct the processor to receive a message indicating a request from the first party for the selected field of the personal information of the second party and to process the message to provide the selected field of the personal information to the first party.

22. The computer readable storage medium of claim 18 wherein the method further comprises executing instructions stored in memory to direct the processor to receive a message indicating a request from the second party for the selected field of the personal information of the second party and to process the message to provide the selected field of the personal information to the first party.

23. The computer readable storage medium of claim 18 wherein the method further comprises executing instructions stored in memory to direct the processor to process one or more customized fields of the personal information received from the second party.

24. The computer readable storage medium of claim 18 wherein the method further comprises executing instructions stored in memory to direct the processor to transmit a message to one or more third parties when the selected field is updated, where the selected field can be provided to the one or more third parties.