Apparatus and method for selling personal information
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Company
InventorsAlan H. Karp, Rajiv Gupta, Arindam Banerji
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Abstract
A system for selling personal information through a trusted third party. An owner of the personal information provides policy governing the sale of the owner's personal information and authorizes information sources to provide the personal information to the trusted third party. The trusted third party provides for validation of the personal information and sells it to requesters in accordance with the policy, and provides payment or credit to the owner as compensation for the sale.
Claims20
A method for selling personal information, comprising:
- receiving personal information of an owner of the personal information;
- specifying a policy related to sale of the personal information;
- validating the personal information;
- and
- selectively providing the validated personal information in response to a request and based upon the policy.
A method for selling personal information, comprising:
- receiving from a requestor a request for personal information of a particular owner of the personal information;
- specifying a policy related to sale of the personal information;
- validating the personal information through a trusted third party;
- determining if the requestor is permitted to receive the requested personal information based upon the policy;
- and
- providing the requested personal information to the requestor if the requestor is permitted to received the personal information.
An apparatus for selling personal information, comprising:
- a receive module that receives personal information of an owner of the personal information;
- a policy module that specifies a policy related to sale of the personal information;
- a validate module that validates the personal information;
- and
- a provide module that selectively provides the validated personal information in response to a request and based upon the policy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.