System and method of facilitating compliance with information sharing regulations
AssigneeUnited Services Automobile Association
InventorsLinda Giessel King, Charles Lee Orr
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system and method of facilitating compliance to one or more information sharing regulations. The present invention provides a computer system equipped with a processing unit capable of receiving input information and extracting one or more data sharing guidelines. The present invention utilizes the relationship between the parties and the data at issue to construct a data sharing arrangement. Each data sharing arrangement may be cross-referenced to one or more data sharing guidelines designed to assist the user to determine what privacy regulations apply and how to comply with same.
Claims26
A method of facilitating compliance to one or more information sharing regulations comprising the steps of:
- identifying at least one primary party for sharing data and at least one secondary party for receiving shared data;
- classifying said primary party as belonging to a first party type;
- classifying said secondary party as belonging to a second party type;
- utilizing said first party type and said second party type, defining a sharing relationship between said primary party and said secondary party;
- defining said data as belonging to a data type;
- utilizing said relationship and said data type, defining a data sharing arrangement between said primary party and said secondary party;
- and
- retrieving data sharing guidelines relating to said sharing arrangement, said guidelines providing guidance to facilitate compliance of said information sharing regulations applicable to said data sharing arrangement.
A computer system for facilitating compliance with one or more information sharing regulations comprising:
- an input device;
- a processing unit coupled to said input device for:
- receiving identifying information relating to at least one primary data sharing party and at least one secondary data receiving party;
- classifying said primary party as belonging to a first party type;
- classifying said secondary party as belonging to a second party type;
- utilizing said first party type and said second party type, defining a sharing relationship between said primary party and said secondary party;
- defining said data as belonging to a data type;
- utilizing said relationship and said data type, defining a data sharing arrangement between said primary party and said secondary party;
- and,
- retrieving data sharing guidelines relating to said sharing arrangement, said guidelines providing guidance to facilitate compliance with said information sharing regulations applicable to said data sharing arrangement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.