Methods and systems for protection of identity

• US 8,520,904 B2
• Filed: 08/08/2012
• Issued: 08/27/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC (Seagate Technology Holdings Plc)
• Original Assignee: Privacy Card LLC
• Inventors: Bous, Joseph M., Marciano, James, Assaad, Gabriel A.
• Primary Examiner(s): MARIAM, DANIEL G
• Application Number:
  US13/569,766
• Publication Number:
  US 20120303521A1
• Time in Patent Office: 384 Days
• Field of Search: 382/115, 382/118, 382/124, 382/209, 382/218, 705/26.42, 705/64, 705/74
• US Class Current: 382/115
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/383 Anonymous user system
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/03 Credit; Loans; Processing thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/265 Personal security, identity or safety
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method to the creation and management of a secondary identification to avoid identify theft. Identity theft may occur over the internet, the purchase of goods and services by credit, and many other forms not yet known. The present invention creates a secondary identification for a person by creating one or more of the following secondary identifications which include a secondary email address, a secondary postal address, a secondary phone number, and any other identifying secondary information. The present invention describes methods and systems to create a secondary identification. Further, the present invention may be used to create a credit card containing the requestor'"'"'s secondary identification.

Claims

1. A method for creating online transaction privacy, the method being executed by a computer system, comprising:

one or more processors, and

memory,

the memory storing one or more instructions which cause the computer system to;

receive actual user identity information;

store the received actual user identity information;

generate anonymous payment information or anonymous identity information;

associate at least one of the anonymous payment information or anonymous identity information with the actual user identity information;

transmit the generated anonymous payment information or anonymous identity information to a client over a network;

store transaction information, where the transaction information corresponds to a transaction with the anonymous payment information or anonymous identity information; and

associate the transaction information with at least one of the actual user identity information, the anonymous payment information, or the anonymous identity information.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising an instruction to store the anonymous payment information or the anonymous identity information.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising an instruction to generate a second anonymous payment information or a second anonymous identity information.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the second anonymous payment information or the second anonymous identity information is associated with a second transaction.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising an instruction to associate at least one of the second anonymous payment information or the second anonymous identity information with the actual user identity information.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the second anonymous payment information comprises a credit card number.

7. The method of claim 4, where the anonymous identity information comprises at least one of an anonymous:

e-mail, mailing address, name, or telephone number.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the anonymous payment information comprises a credit card number.

9. The method of claim 1, where the anonymous identity information comprises at least one of an anonymous:

e-mail, mailing address, name, or telephone number.

10. The method of claim 1, where the actual user identity information comprises at least one of an actual:

e-mail, mailing address, name, or telephone number.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable memory having computer-executable instructions for instructing a computer processor of a server apparatus to perform the steps of:

receiving actual user identity information;

storing the received actual user identity information;

generating anonymous payment information or anonymous identity information;

associating at least one of the anonymous payment information or anonymous identity information with the actual user identity information;

transmitting the generated anonymous payment information or anonymous identity information to a client over a network;

storing transaction information, where the transaction information corresponds to a transaction with the anonymous payment information or anonymous identity information; and

associating the transaction information with at least one of the actual user identity information, the anonymous payment information, or the anonymous identity information.

12. A computer server apparatus for creating online transaction privacy, the apparatus having one or more programs stored in memory, the one or more programs comprising instructions to:

receive actual user identity information;

store the received actual user identity information;

generate anonymous payment information or anonymous identity information;

associate at least one of the anonymous payment information or anonymous identity information with the actual user identity information;

transmit the generated anonymous payment information or anonymous identity information to a client over a network;

store transaction information, where the transaction information corresponds to a transaction with the anonymous payment information or anonymous identity information; and

associate the transaction information with at least one of the actual user identity information, the anonymous payment information, or the anonymous identity information.