Method and system for securing user identities and creating virtual users to enhance privacy on a communication network
First Claim
1. A device comprising:
- a memory having stored therein virtual entity information defining a virtual entity configured for interaction on a communication network on behalf of a real entity, wherein said virtual entity information is not linkable, on said communication network, to the real identity of said real entity;
a processor to process said virtual entity information; and
a communication interface to communicate said virtual entity information with one or more sites of said communication network.
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Abstract
A method of enabling a real entity to access a service on a communication network using a virtual entity, the method including the steps of establishing a user account including at least first data corresponding to the identity of the real entity and second data corresponding to the virtual entity and not identifying the real entity, storing the first and second data in a first database, linking between the first and second data in the first database, storing the second data at a second database, associating the second database with a communication network site, connecting the communication network site to the communication network, receiving the second data from an unidentified user on the communication network site, identifying the unidentified user as the virtual entity based on receiving the second data, and allowing the virtual entity to access the service.
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20 Claims
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1. A device comprising:
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a memory having stored therein virtual entity information defining a virtual entity configured for interaction on a communication network on behalf of a real entity, wherein said virtual entity information is not linkable, on said communication network, to the real identity of said real entity; a processor to process said virtual entity information; and a communication interface to communicate said virtual entity information with one or more sites of said communication network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus to enable a virtual entity to interact on a communication network on behalf of a real entity, the apparatus comprising:
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a memory having stored therein information defining a virtual transaction account assigned to said virtual entity, to enable said virtual entity to transact at one or more sites of said communication network on behalf of said real entity, wherein the virtual transaction account includes virtual transaction information sufficient to perform a transaction of real monetary value at said one or more sites, and wherein said virtual transaction information is not linkable over said communication network to the real identity of said real entity; and a processor to access said virtual transaction account as necessary to enable performing said transaction of monetary value. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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