US 2014/0237206 A1 · Managing Personal Information on a Network

Abstract

Devices, systems, and methods are provided for managing personal information by providing a centralized source or database for a user's information and enabling the user to regulate privacy levels for each information item or category of information. Templates are provided as a table of hierarchies or an onion layers model. Private information may be stored in an inner layer while public information may be stored in an outer layer, and multiple layers and categories can be defined and customized within the template. A requesting entity requests information via a disseminating server that acts as a gateway for authenticating, authorizing, and providing access to the requesting entity. The user may therefore control and regulate their online presence simply by monitoring who requests their information and adjusting privacy levels accordingly.

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Dependent claims

A system comprising:

a processor;
and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising
receiving an information item associated with a user, the information item associated with a preference,
determining, based on the preference, a category layer for the information item and a privacy layer for the information item, and
storing the information item in a portion of a template associated with the user, the portion of the template corresponding to the category layer and the privacy layer.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Managing Personal Information on a Network

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Managing Personal Information on a Network

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Abstract

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