Tamper resistant, identity-based, purposeful networking arrangement

An at least one of commercial, social, and/or knowledge, potential networking-resource information system, wherein resource related individuals' respective identification information sets are employed in support of evaluating and/or selecting network available resources, such system comprising:

• a computing arrangement for use in providing at least one of standardized (a) one or more resources, and (b) one or more specifications, such computing arrangement for establishing an at least in part commercial, social, and/or knowledge, potential networking-resource information arrangement, wherein an individual is (a) a candidate for use as a networking participant resource, and/or (b) a stakeholder of a resource that is a candidate for use as a networking resource, such information arrangement enabling:
• characterizing such individual by providing a participant resource information set, such participant resource information set including:
• a unique identifier for such participant resource information set,
• identifying information that includes information identifying such individual as the subject of such a participant resource information set, wherein such identifying information includes biometrically based participant identification information for such individual, such biometrically based information produced, at least in part, through the use of a biometric information acquisition sensor arrangement, and
• a specified suitability assertion information set informing regarding such individual's suitability for commercial, social, and/or knowledge networking one or more purposes;
• specifying for a specified purpose, a suitability assertion information set for such individual, such at least one specified assertion information set including:
• a standardized and interoperably interpretable specified user purpose, such specifying, at least in part, using:
• one or more standardized and interoperably interpretable purpose specification languages, and/or
• one or more purpose class neighborhood purpose specifications, and
• at least one specified quantized value associated with such standardized and interoperably interpretable purpose, such value informing regarding a suitability level of such individual as a resource for such specified social, commercial, and/or knowledge purpose;
• ensuring the integrity of such suitability assertion information set at least in part through the use of (1) encryption, and (2) hardware tamper resistant processing and memory space;
• and
• selecting and/or evaluating (1) such candidate individual as a resource, and/or (2) a resource wherein such individual is a stakeholder of such resource, wherein such at least one of evaluating and selecting for participation in a commercial, social and/or knowledge, networking computing activity, is based, at least in part, on such individual's suitability assertion information set.

A system for establishing and using an information arrangement for evaluating computing resources based, at least in part, on resource stakeholder attribute information, such system comprising:

• a computing arrangement for use in providing at least one of standardized (a) one or more resources and (b) one or more specifications, to enable:
• specifying effective fact information sets whose integrity is ensured by security mechanisms, wherein each such effective fact information set comprises an information resource that includes:
• a unique identifier,
• a person identified as its effective fact subject, wherein such person is a computing environment participant, wherein such person is identified and/or authenticated, at least in part, through the use of biometric identification information, wherein such biometric identification information is produced at least in part, through the use of a biometric information acquisition sensor arrangement,
• stipulated asserted fact information one or more attributes characterizing such person, such one or more attributes representing fact stipulations stipulated by such attributes' respective fact authorities, wherein such authorities respectively have specific and convincing authority to declare such fact information attributes, and
• stipulated one or more validation rule sets for respectively validating such one or more person characterizing attributes, wherein any such attributes' validation is respectively performed by, and/or certified by, stipulated one or more attributes' respective fact authorities;
• certifying, by such fact authorities, one or more elements of such effective fact information;
• ensuring the integrity of such effective fact information at least in part through the use of (1) encryption, (2) hardware tamper resistant processing and memory space, and (3) one or more validation rule sets, for securely verifying the stipulation by such fact authority of such stipulated stakeholder fact attribute information;
• identifying such person as a computing resource stakeholder, wherein such stakeholder is a creator, publisher, vendor or other provider, distributor, owner, past owner, government regulator, modifier, and/or user, of the computing resource;
• and
• selecting and/or evaluating such computing resource based, at least in part, on using at least a portion of such computing resource's stakeholder's fact attribute information.

A system for using resource stakeholder suitability to specified purposes in selecting and/or evaluating computing resources, such system comprising:

• a computing arrangement for use in providing at least one of standardized (a) one or more resources and (b) one or more specifications, to enable:
• specifying suitability assertion information sets that comprise respective information resources, wherein each such suitability assertion information resource:
• has a unique identifier,
• has a person identified as its suitability assertion information associated resource subject, wherein such person is a computing environment participant, and wherein such person is identified and/or authenticated, at least in part, through the use of biometric information, wherein such biometric identification information is produced at least in part, through the use of a biometric information acquisition sensor arrangement,
• specifies suitability assertion information one or more attributes that characterize such person's suitability regarding a specified purpose set as described by a quality to purpose suitability information set, wherein such suitability information set asserted by an asserter set, comprises:
• a standardized and interoperably interpretable specified user purpose, such specified purpose expressed using:
• one or more standardized and interoperably interpretable purpose specification languages, and/or
• one or more purpose class neighborhood purpose specifications, and
• at least one specified quantized value associated with such standardized and interoperably interpretable specified user purpose, such value informing regarding a suitability level of such person for such standardized and interoperably interpretable specified user purpose, and
• stipulates one or more validation rule sets for verifying such stipulation was asserted by such asserter set;
• identifying such person as a computing resource's stakeholder, wherein such stakeholder is a creator, publisher, vendor or other provider, distributor, owner, past owner, government regulator, modifier, and/or user, of the computing resource;
• asserting at least a portion of such suitability assertion information;
• securely processing such one or more validation rule sets to validate such asserter stipulated such suitability assertion information one or more attributes;
• ensuring the integrity of such person's suitability information for such specified purpose, at least in part through the use of (1) encryption, and (2) hardware tamper resistant processing and memory space;
• and
• selecting and/or evaluating such computing resource for such standardized and interoperably interpretable specified user purpose based, at least in part, on such person's suitability assertion information.

A system as claimed in 18, wherein a computing arrangement is employed to provide such at least one of standardized (a) one or more resources and (b) one or more specifications, that enable:

• specifying effective fact information sets regarding such person identified as such suitability assertion information resource's suitability assertion information associated resource subject, wherein such effective fact information sets, whose integrity is ensured through security mechanisms, comprise respective information resources, wherein each such effective fact information resource:
• has a unique identifier,
• stipulates asserted fact information one or more attributes characterizing such person, such one or more attributes representing fact stipulations stipulated by such attributes' respective fact authorities, wherein such authorities respectively have specific and convincing authority to declare such fact information attributes, and
• stipulates one or more validation rule sets for respectively validating such one or more person characterizing attributes, wherein any such attributes' validation is respectively performed by, and/or certified by, stipulated one or more attributes' respective fact authorities;
• certifying, by such fact authorities, one or more elements of such effective fact information;
• ensuring the integrity of such effective fact information at least in part through the use of (1) encryption, (2) hardware tamper resistant processing and memory space, and (3) such effective fact one or more validation rule sets, for verifying such individual's such stipulated fact information;
• and
• selecting and/or evaluating such computing resource based, in part, on using at least a portion of such computing resource's stakeholder's fact attribute information.

A method for establishing an at least one of commercial, social, and/or knowledge, networking resource identification information arrangement, such method comprising:

• providing, through use of a computing arrangement, at least one of standardized (a) one or more resources and (b) one or more specifications, to enable:
• establishing an at least in part commercial, social, and/or knowledge, networking resource identification information arrangement, wherein an individual is at least one of (a) a candidate resource for potential use as a networking participant resource, and (b) a stakeholder of a resource that is a candidate for potential use as a networking resource, wherein such individual is characterized by a participant resource information set, such participant resource information set including:
• a unique identifier for such participant resource information set,
• identifying information that includes information identifying such individual as the subject of such a participant resource information set, wherein such identifying information includes biometrically based participant identification information for such individual, such biometrically based information produced, at least in part, through the use of a biometric information acquisition sensor arrangement, and
• an effective fact information set used to establish asserted fact information one or more attributes characterizing such individual;
• specifying at least one effective fact information set whose integrity is ensured by security mechanisms, wherein each such at least one effective fact information set comprises:
• stipulated asserted fact information one or more attributes characterizing such individual, such one or more attributes representing fact stipulations stipulated by such attributes' respective fact authorities, wherein such authorities respectively have specific and convincing authority to declare such fact information attributes, and
• stipulated one or more validation rule sets for respectively validating such one or more individual characterizing attributes, wherein any such attributes' validation is respectively performed by, and/or certified by, stipulated one or more attributes' respective fact authorities;
• securely processing one or more such validation rule sets to respectively validate such attributes' respective fact authorities' certification and/or other confirmation of respective such one or more individual characterizing attributes, wherein such one or more rule sets are used to securely, respectively validate that such one or more individual characterizing attributes were respectively certified and/or confirmed by such attributes' respective authorities, and wherein such rule sets are used to determine pass or fail conditions for respective stipulated individual characterizing attributes;
• ensuring the integrity of such effective fact information at least in part through the use of (1) encryption, (2) hardware tamper resistant processing and memory space, and (3) such effective fact one or more validation rule sets;
• and
• selecting and/or evaluating (1) such candidate individual as a resource, and/or (2) a resource wherein such individual is a stakeholder of such resource, wherein such at least one of evaluating and selecting, for resource participation in a commercial, social and/or knowledge networking computing activity, is based, at least in part, upon at least a portion of such individual's fact-authority-stipulated validatable fact attribute.

A method for establishing an at least one of commercial, social, and/or knowledge, potential networking-resource information system, wherein resource related individuals' respective identification information sets are employed in support of evaluating and/or selecting network available resources, such method comprising:

• providing, through use of a computing arrangement, at least one of standardized (a) one or more resources and (b) one or more specifications, such computing arrangement for establishing an at least in part commercial, social, and/or knowledge, potential networking-resource information arrangement, wherein an individual is (a) a candidate for use as a networking participant resource, and/or (b) a stakeholder of a resource that is a candidate for use as a networking resource, such information arrangement enabling:
• characterizing such individual by providing a participant resource information set, such participant resource information set including:
• at least one unique identifier for such participant resource information set,
• identifying information that includes information identifying such individual as the subject of such a participant resource information set, wherein such identifying information includes biometrically based participant identification information for such individual, such biometrically based information produced, at least in part, through the use of a biometric information acquisition sensor arrangement, and
• at least one specified suitability assertion information set informing regarding such individual's suitability for commercial, social, and/or knowledge, networking one or more purposes;
• specifying for a specified purpose, a suitability assertion information set for such individual, such at least one specified assertion information set including:
• a standardized and interoperably interpretable specified user purpose, such specifying, at least in part, using:
• one or more standardized and interoperably interpretable purpose specification languages, and/or
• one or more purpose class neighborhood purpose specifications, and
• at least one specified quantized value associated with such standardized and interoperably interpretable purpose, such value informing regarding a suitability level of such individual as a resource for such specified social, commercial, and/or knowledge, purpose;
• ensuring the integrity of such suitability assertion information set at least in part through the use of (1) encryption, and (2) hardware tamper resistant processing and memory space;
• and
• selecting and/or evaluating (1) such candidate individual as a resource, and/or (2) a resource wherein such individual is a stakeholder of such resource, wherein such at least one of evaluating and selecting for participation in a commercial, social and/or knowledge, networking computing activity, is based, at least in part, on such individual's suitability assertion information set.

A method for establishing and using an information arrangement for evaluating computing resources based, at least in part, on resource stakeholder attribute information, such method comprising:

• providing, through use of a computing arrangement, at least one of standardized (a) one or more resources and (b) one or more specifications, to enable:
• specifying effective fact information sets whose integrity is ensured by security mechanisms, wherein each such effective fact information set comprises an information resource that includes:
• a unique identifier,
• a person identified as its effective fact subject, wherein such person is a computing environment participant, wherein such person is identified and/or authenticated, at least in part, through the use of biometric identification information, wherein such biometric identification information is produced at least in part, through the use of a biometric information acquisition sensor arrangement,
• stipulated asserted fact information one or more attributes characterizing such person, such one or more attributes representing fact stipulations stipulated by such attributes' respective fact authorities, wherein such authorities respectively have specific and convincing authority to declare such fact information attributes, and
• stipulated one or more validation rule sets for respectively validating such one or more person characterizing attributes, wherein any such attributes' validation is respectively performed by, and/or certified by, stipulated one or more attributes' respective fact authorities;
• certifying, by such fact authorities, one or more elements of such effective fact information;
• ensuring the integrity of such effective fact information at least in part through the use of (1) encryption, (2) hardware tamper resistant processing and memory space, and (3) one or more validation rule sets, for securely verifying the stipulation by such fact authority of such stipulated stakeholder fact attribute information;
• identifying such person as a computing resource stakeholder, wherein such stakeholder is a creator, publisher, vendor or other provider, distributor, owner, past owner, government regulator, modifier, and/or user, of the computing resource;
• and
• selecting and/or evaluating such computing resource based, at least in part, on using at least a portion of such computing resource's stakeholder's fact attribute information.

A method for using resource stakeholder suitability to specified purposes in selecting and/or evaluating computing resources, such method comprising:

• providing, through use of a computing arrangement, at least one of standardized (a) one or more resources and (b) one or more specifications, to enable:
• specifying suitability assertion information sets that comprise respective information resources, wherein each such suitability assertion information resource:
• has a unique identifier,
• has a person identified as its suitability assertion information associated resource subject, wherein such person is a computing environment participant, and wherein such person is identified and/or authenticated, at least in part, through the use of biometric information, wherein such biometric identification information is produced at least in part, through the use of a biometric information acquisition sensor arrangement,
• specifies suitability assertion information one or more attributes that characterize such person's suitability regarding a specified purpose set as described by a quality to purpose suitability information set, wherein such suitability information set, asserted by an asserter set, comprises:
• a standardized and interoperably interpretable specified user purpose, such specified purpose expressed using:
• one or more standardized and interoperably interpretable purpose specification languages, and/or
• one or more purpose class neighborhood purpose specifications, and
• at least one specified quantized value associated with such standardized and interoperably interpretable specified user purpose, such value informing regarding a suitability level of such person for such standardized and interoperably interpretable specified user purpose, and
• stipulates one or more validation rule sets for verifying such stipulation was asserted by such asserter set;
• identifying such person as a computing resource stakeholder, wherein such stakeholder is a creator, publisher, vendor or other provider, distributor, owner, past owner, government regulator, modifier, and/or user, of the computing resource;
• asserting at least a portion of such suitability assertion information;
• securely processing such one or more validation rule sets to validate such asserter stipulated such suitability assertion information one or more attributes;
• ensuring the integrity of such person's suitability information for such specified purpose, at least in part through the use of (1) encryption, and (2) hardware tamper resistant processing and memory space;
• and
• selecting and/or evaluating such computing resource for such standardized and interoperably interpretable specified user purpose based, at least in part, on such person's suitability assertion information.