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Personal criteria verification using fractional information

  • US 7,996,491 B2
  • Filed: 05/22/2009
  • Issued: 08/09/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • in response to a request for access to data that is accessible only to individuals meeting at least one predetermined criterion, requesting only partial identifying information for a person requesting access to the data, wherein the partial identifying information includes less than all characters of a data element that is usable to identify the person;

    requesting, using a computer, information regarding records associated with respective individuals having attributes matching the partial identifying information;

    receiving, by the computer, information regarding a plurality of records associated with respective individuals each having attributes matching the partial identifying information;

    determining whether each of the plurality of records includes attributes matching the at least one predetermined criterion; and

    in response to determining that each of the plurality of records includes attributes matching the at least one predetermined criterion, providing an indication that the person requesting access is authorized to access the data without providing a specific identity of the person.

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