Information Sharing Method and Apparatus
First Claim
1. A method of sharing information electronically between an information provider and an information requester, the information provider:
- storing a body of information and associated sharing criteria provided by an originator;
receiving a first information request from a first requester and revealing the information and the sharing criteria to the first requester if the first request is authorised by the originator;
receiving a second information request from a second requester and revealing the information to the second requester if the second request contains an information identifier obtained from the first requestor and the sharing criteria so permits; and
storing evidence of information requests.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and apparatus for sharing information with third parties and providing mechanisms whereby those third parties may legitimately pass the personal information on to other, for example affiliated, third parties. In one example of information sharing, information is shared electronically between an information provider and an information requester, the information provider storing a body of information and associated sharing criteria provided by an originator, receiving a first information request from a first requestor and revealing the information and the sharing criteria to the first requestor if the first request is authorised by the originator, receiving a second information request from a second requestor and revealing the information to the second requestor if the second request contains an information identifier obtained from the first requester and the sharing criteria so permits, and storing evidence of information requests.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of sharing information electronically between an information provider and an information requester, the information provider:
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storing a body of information and associated sharing criteria provided by an originator; receiving a first information request from a first requester and revealing the information and the sharing criteria to the first requester if the first request is authorised by the originator; receiving a second information request from a second requester and revealing the information to the second requester if the second request contains an information identifier obtained from the first requestor and the sharing criteria so permits; and storing evidence of information requests. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. Information provider apparatus adapted for use in a system for sharing information electronically between the information provider and an information requester, wherein the information provider apparatus comprises:
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a store storing a body of information and associated sharing criteria provided by an originator; an input for receiving a first information request from a first requestor and a second information request from a second requester; and a processing unit arranged, where the first request is determined to be authorised by the originator, to reveal the information and the sharing criteria to the first requestor, and, where the second information request contains an information identifier obtained from the first requester and the sharing criteria so permits, to reveal the information to the second requestor;
the processing unit being further arranged to store evidence of the information requests. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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