Method and system for obtaining user data from third parties

• US 8,326,725 B2
• Filed: 01/03/2011
• Issued: 12/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intuit, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Intuit, Inc.
• Inventors: Elwell, Joseph, Buhler, Alan, Lu, Marianne Y.
• Primary Examiner(s): CAMPEN, KELLY SCAGGS
• Application Number:
  US12/983,720
• Publication Number:
  US 20120173397A1
• Time in Patent Office: 701 Days
• Field of Search: 705/35, 705/36.R, 705/36.T, 705/44
• US Class Current: 705/36.R
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/335 for accessing specific resources, e.g. using Kerberos tickets
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6272 by registering files or documents with a third party
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/02 Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance credit or loans G06Q40/03

Abstract

A user of a data management system agrees to allow the data management system to obtain user data associated with the user from a third party target site computing system. A distributed client is then implemented on one or more user computing systems used by the one or more users to access the target site computing system. The data management system then makes a request to the distributed client, and the user computing system, to obtain desired data from the target site computing system. The distributed client(s) then accesses/access, directs the user computing system(s) to access, or waits for the user(s) to next access, the target site computing system. The target site computing system is then securely accessed by the user computing system, thereby by-passing any selective blocking/failure filters, and the requested data is accessed and provided to the data management system provider computing system.

Claims

1. A computing system implemented process for obtaining data from a third party comprising the following of which a plurality are each executed via any set of one or more processors:

receiving, from an external requester, a request asking for permission from a party to obtain party data associated with the party, the data being located at an external target site;

receiving permission from the party to obtain from the external target site, party data associated with the party;

transmitting the received permission to the external requester, the external requester being at a site other than the target site;

receiving a distributed client from the external requester;

implementing the distributed client;

receiving a request from the external requester for party data associated with the party, the party data being at the target site;

responsive to the received request, securely accessing, by the external requester through the distributed client, the party data at the target site;

obtaining the requested party data from the target site through the distributed client; and

providing the obtained party data to the requester.

2. The computing system implemented process for obtaining data from a third party of claim 1, wherein

the target site is a financial institution.

3. The computing system implemented process for obtaining data from a third party of claim 2, wherein

the financial institution is selected from at least one of the group of financial institutions consisting of:

one or more banks;

one or more debit cards and/or accounts;

one or more credit unions;

one or more credit cards and/or accounts;

one or more credit card/account providers;

one or more asset accounts; and

one or more asset account providers.

4. The computing system implemented process for obtaining data from a third party of claim 1, wherein

the distributed client is generated in HTML 5.

5. The computing system implemented process for obtaining data from a third party of claim 1, wherein

the distributed client is generated in Java script.

6. The computing system implemented process for obtaining data from a third party of claim 1, wherein

the distributed client is implemented via a web-browser.

7. A system for obtaining data from a third party comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more memories having instructions stored therein which when executed by any set of the one or more processors, execute a process comprising;

receiving, from an external requester, a request asking for permission from a party to obtain party data associated with the party, the data being located at an external target site;

receiving permission from the party to obtain from the external target site, party data associated with the party;

transmitting the received permission to the external requester, the external requester being at a site other than the target site;

receiving a distributed client from the external requester;

implementing the distributed client;

receiving a request from the external requester for party data associated with the party, the party data being at the target site;

responsive to the received request, securely accessing, by the external requester through the distributed client, the party data at the target site;

obtaining the requested party data from the target site through the distributed client; and

providing the obtained party data to the requester.

8. The system for obtaining data from a third party of claim 7, wherein

the target site is a financial institution.

9. The system for obtaining data from a third party of claim 8, wherein

the financial institution is selected from at least one of the group of financial institutions consisting of:

one or more banks;

one or more debit cards and/or accounts;

one or more credit unions;

one or more credit cards and/or accounts;

one or more credit card/account providers;

one or more asset accounts; and

one or more asset account providers.

10. The system for obtaining data from a third party of claim 7, wherein

the distributed client is generated in HTML 5.

11. The system for obtaining data from a third party of claim 7, wherein

the distributed client is generated in Java script.

12. The system for obtaining data from a third party of claim 7, wherein

the distributed client is implemented via a web-browser.

13. A computer program product for identifying charitable donations and automatically generating associated data comprising:

a nontransitory computer readable medium, the computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions which when executed by any set of one or more processors, perform a process comprising;

receiving, from an external requester, a request asking for permission from a party to obtain party data associated with the party, the data being located at an external target site;

receiving permission from the party to obtain from the external target site, party data associated with the party;

transmitting the received permission to the external requester, the external requester being at a site other than the target site;

receiving a distributed client from the external requester;

implementing the distributed client;

receiving a request from the external requester for party data associated with the party, the party data being at the target site;

responsive to the received request, securely accessing, by the external requester through the distributed client, the party data at the target site;

obtaining the requested party data from the target site through the distributed client; and

providing the obtained party data to the requester.

14. The system for obtaining data from a third party of claim 13, wherein

the target site is a financial institution.

15. The system for obtaining data from a third party of claim 14, wherein

the financial institution is selected from at least one of the group of financial institutions consisting of:

one or more banks;

one or more debit cards and/or accounts;

one or more credit unions;

one or more credit cards and/or accounts;

one or more credit card/account providers;

one or more asset accounts; and

one or more asset account providers.

16. The system for obtaining data from a third party of claim 13, wherein

the distributed client is generated in HTML 5.

17. The system for obtaining data from a third party of claim 13, wherein

the distributed client is generated in Java script.

18. The system for obtaining data from a third party of claim 13, wherein

the distributed client is implemented via a web-browser.