Personal Data Platform

• US 20110040736A1
• Filed: 08/12/2009
• Published: 02/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: R2 Solutions LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Nair, Rahul, Burgener, Carrie, King, Simon P., Davis, Marc Eliot, Higgins, Christopher William, Valz, Duane R., Kalaboukis, Chris, Martinez, Ronald
• Granted Patent: US 8,914,342 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/694
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6254 by anonymising data, e.g. decorrelating personal data from the owner's identification
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

Receive a plurality of data management policies from a user. Store in a memory the data management policies in association with a context and an identifier of the user. Receive personal data of the user collected in one or more contexts by one or more collection devices. Determine whether the personal data complies with one or more of the data management policies with respect to collecting personal data of the user. If the personal data complies with the data management policies with respect to collecting personal data on the user, then storing in the memory the personal data in association with the identifier of the user. Provide a centralized interface to the user for managing the personal data stored in the memory.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by one or more computer systems, a plurality of data management policies from a user;

storing in a memory, by the one or more computer systems, the data management policies in association with a context and an identifier of the user;

receiving, by the one or more computer systems, personal data of the user collected in one or more contexts by one or more collection devices;

determining, by the one or more computer systems, whether the personal data complies with one or more of the data management policies with respect to collecting personal data of the user;

if the personal data complies with the data management policies with respect to collecting personal data on the user, then storing in the memory, by the one or more computer systems, the personal data in association with the identifier of the user; and

providing, by the one or more computer systems, a centralized interface to the user for managing the personal data stored in the memory.

2. The method recited in claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the one or more computer systems, a modification to the personal data stored in the memory from the user; and

updating, by the one or more computer systems, the personal data stored in the memory based on the modification.

3. The method recited in claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the one or more computer systems, from the user a modification to the data management policies stored in the memory; and

updating, by the one or more computer systems, the data management policies stored in the memory based on the modification.

4. The method recited in claim 1, further comprising processing, by the one or more computer systems, the personal data according to one or more of the data management policies with respect to processing personal data of the user in a specific context.

5. The method recited in claim 4, wherein processing the personal data comprises:

aggregating the personal data according to one or more of the data management policies;

filtering the personal data according to one or more of the data management policies;

characterizing the personal data according to one or more of the data management policies;

applying one or more data models to the personal data according to one or more of the data management policies; and

sharing the personal data with one or more third parties according to one or more of the data management policies.

6. The method recited in claim 1, further comprising:

constructing, by the one or more computer systems, a user profile for the user; and

storing in the memory, by the one or more computer systems, the user profile in association with an identifier of the user

7. The method recited in claim 6, further comprising:

receiving, by the one or more computer systems, from the user a modification to the user profile stored in the memory; and

updating, by the one or more computer systems, the user profile stored in the memory based on the modification.

8. The method recited in claim 1, wherein the personal data of the user is collected by an agent residing on the collection devices.

9. The method recited in claim 1, wherein the personal data of the user comprises personal data generated by or concerning the user.

10. A system comprising:

a memory comprising instructions executable by one or more processors; and

one or more processors coupled to the memory and operable to execute the instructions, the one or more processors being operable when executing the instructions to;

receive a plurality of data management policies from a user;

store in a memory the data management policies in association with a context and an identifier of the user;

receive personal data of the user collected in one or more contexts by one or more collection devices;

determine whether the personal data complies with one or more of the data management policies with respect to collecting personal data of the user;

if the personal data complies with the data management policies with respect to collecting personal data on the user, then store in the memory the personal data in association with the identifier of the user; and

provide a centralized interface to the user for managing the personal data stored in the memory.

11. The system recited in claim 10, wherein the one or more processors are further operable when executing the instructions to:

receive a modification to the personal data stored in the memory from the user; and

update the personal data stored in the memory based on the modification.

12. The system recited in claim 10, wherein the one or more processors are further operable when executing the instructions to:

receive from the user a modification to the data management policies stored in the memory; and

update the data management policies stored in the memory based on the modification.

13. The system recited in claim 10, wherein the one or more processors are further operable when executing the instructions to process the personal data according to one or more of the data management policies with respect to processing personal data of the user in a specific context.

14. The system recited in claim 13, wherein to process the personal data comprises:

aggregate the personal data according to one or more of the data management policies;

filter the personal data according to one or more of the data management policies;

characterize the personal data according to one or more of the data management policies;

apply one or more data models to the personal data according to one or more of the data management policies; and

share the personal data with one or more third parties according to one or more of the data management policies.

15. The system recited in claim 10, further comprising:

constructing a user profile for the user; and

storing in the memory the user profile in association with an identifier of the user

16. The system recited in claim 15, wherein the one or more processors are further operable when executing the instructions to:

receive from the user a modification to the user profile stored in the memory; and

update the user profile stored in the memory based on the modification.

17. The system recited in claim 10, wherein the personal data of the user is collected by an agent residing on the collection devices.

18. The system recited in claim 10, wherein the personal data of the user comprises personal data generated by or concerning the user.

19. One or more computer-readable storage media embodying software operable when executed by one or more computer systems to:

receive a plurality of data management policies from a user;

store in a memory the data management policies in association with a context and an identifier of the user;

receive personal data of the user collected in one or more contexts by one or more collection devices;

determine whether the personal data complies with one or more of the data management policies with respect to collecting personal data of the user;

if the personal data complies with the data management policies with respect to collecting personal data on the user, then store in the memory the personal data in association with the identifier of the user; and

provide a centralized interface to the user for managing the personal data stored in the memory.

20. The media recited in claim 19, wherein the one or more processors are further operable when executing the instructions to:

receive a modification to the personal data stored in the memory from the user; and

update the personal data stored in the memory based on the modification.

21. The media recited in claim 19, wherein the one or more processors are further operable when executing the instructions to:

receive from the user a modification to the data management policies stored in the memory; and

update the data management policies stored in the memory based on the modification.

22. The media recited in claim 19, wherein the one or more processors are further operable when executing the instructions to process the personal data according to one or more of the data management policies with respect to processing personal data of the user in a specific context.

23. The media recited in claim 22, wherein to process the personal data comprises:

aggregate the personal data according to one or more of the data management policies;

filter the personal data according to one or more of the data management policies;

characterize the personal data according to one or more of the data management policies;

apply one or more data models to the personal data according to one or more of the data management policies; and

share the personal data with one or more third parties according to one or more of the data management policies.

24. The media recited in claim 19, further comprising:

constructing a user profile for the user; and

storing in the memory the user profile in association with an identifier of the user

25. The media recited in claim 24, wherein the one or more processors are further operable when executing the instructions to:

receive from the user a modification to the user profile stored in the memory; and

update the user profile stored in the memory based on the modification.

26. The media recited in claim 19, wherein the personal data of the user is collected by an agent residing on the collection devices.

27. The media recited in claim 19, wherein the personal data of the user comprises personal data generated by or concerning the user.