US 2016/0104008 A1Published application

Systems and Methods for Context-Based Permissioning of Personally Identifiable Information

AssigneeTrunomi LTD.

InventorsStuart H. LACEY, Naresh Singhal, Douglas Cheline

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Abstract

A method is provided, including establishing a plurality of context profiles for a user, at least one context profile is associated with: (i) subject areas pertinent to the at least one context profile (ii) permissions identifying respective third parties with which personal information can be shared when the at least one context profile is active; (iii) permissions identifying what personal information can be shared with respective third parties when the at least one context profile is active; (iv) permissions identifying respective third parties that are permitted to contact the user when the at least one context profile is active; and (v) permissions identifying how respective third parties may contact the user when the at least one context profile is active; when the at least one context profile is active, operating in one of two or more modes (e.g., a regular mode or a discovery mode).

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method for providing access to personal information of a user, comprising:

at a server system including one or more electronic devices with one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors:
establishing a plurality of context profiles for a user, wherein at least one context profile of the plurality of context profiles is associated with:
(i) a set of one or more subject areas pertinent to the at least one context profile;
(ii) a first set of one or more permissions identifying respective third parties with which personal information can be shared when the at least one context profile is active;
(iii) a second set of one or more permissions identifying what personal information can be shared with respective third parties when the at least one context profile is active;
(iv) a third set of one or more permissions identifying respective third parties that are permitted to contact the user when the at least one context profile is active;
and
(v) a fourth set of one or more permissions identifying how respective third parties may contact the user when the at least one context profile is active;
when the at least one context profile is active:
in a regular mode, performing at least one of:
sharing personal information with respective third parties in accordance with the first set of one or more permissions and the second set of one or more permissions;
and
receiving information from respective third parties in accordance with the third set of one or more permissions and the fourth set of one or more permissions;
and
in a discovery mode, performing at least one of:
(i) sharing personal information with first additional third parties in accordance with an expanded version of the first set of one or more permissions, wherein the first additional third parties are each associated with at least one subject area of the set of one or more subject areas pertinent to the at least one context profile;
(ii) sharing additional personal information with respective third parties in accordance with an expanded version of the second set of one or more permissions;
(iii) receiving information from second additional third parties in accordance with an expanded version of the third set of one or more permissions, wherein the second additional third parties are each associated with at least one subject area of the set of one or more subject areas pertinent to the at least one context profile;
and
(iv) receiving information from respective third parties in accordance with an expanded version of the fourth set of one or more permissions.

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A system including one or more electronic devices for providing access to personal information of a user, comprising:

one or more processors;
memory;
and
one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
establishing a plurality of context profiles for a user, wherein at least one context profile of the plurality of context profiles is associated with:
(i) a set of one or more subject areas pertinent to the at least one context profile;
(ii) a first set of one or more permissions identifying respective third parties with which personal information can be shared when the at least one context profile is active;
(iii) a second set of one or more permissions identifying what personal information can be shared with respective third parties when the at least one context profile is active;
(iv) a third set of one or more permissions identifying respective third parties that are permitted to contact the user when the at least one context profile is active;
and
(v) a fourth set of one or more permissions identifying how respective third parties may contact the user when the at least one context profile is active;
when the at least one context profile is active:
in a regular mode, performing at least one of:
sharing personal information with respective third parties in accordance with the first set of one or more permissions and the second set of one or more permissions;
and
receiving information from respective third parties in accordance with the third set of one or more permissions and the fourth set of one or more permissions;
and
in a discovery mode, performing at least one of:
(i) sharing personal information with first additional third parties in accordance with an expanded version of the first set of one or more permissions, wherein the first additional third parties are each associated with at least one subject area of the set of one or more subject areas pertinent to the at least one context profile;
(ii) sharing additional personal information with respective third parties in accordance with an expanded version of the second set of one or more permissions;
(iii) receiving information from second additional third parties in accordance with an expanded version of the third set of one or more permissions, wherein the second additional third parties are each associated with at least one subject area of the set of one or more subject areas pertinent to the at least one context profile;
and
(iv) receiving information from respective third parties in accordance with an expanded version of the fourth set of one or more permissions.

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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by one or more electronic devices, cause the one or more devices to:

establish a plurality of context profiles for a user, wherein at least one context profile of the plurality of context profiles is associated with:
(i) a set of one or more subject areas pertinent to the at least one context profile;
(ii) a first set of one or more permissions identifying respective third parties with which personal information can be shared when the at least one context profile is active;
(iii) a second set of one or more permissions identifying what personal information can be shared with respective third parties when the at least one context profile is active;
(iv) a third set of one or more permissions identifying respective third parties that are permitted to contact the user when the at least one context profile is active;
and
(v) a fourth set of one or more permissions identifying how respective third parties may contact the user when the at least one context profile is active;
when the at least one context profile is active:
in a regular mode, perform at least one of:
share personal information with respective third parties in accordance with the first set of one or more permissions and the second set of one or more permissions;
and
receive information from respective third parties in accordance with the third set of one or more permissions and the fourth set of one or more permissions;
and
in a discovery mode, perform at least one of:
(i) share personal information with first additional third parties in accordance with an expanded version of the first set of one or more permissions, wherein the first additional third parties are each associated with at least one subject area of the set of one or more subject areas pertinent to the at least one context profile;
(ii) share additional personal information with respective third parties in accordance with an expanded version of the second set of one or more permissions;
(iii) receive information from second additional third parties in accordance with an expanded version of the third set of one or more permissions, wherein the second additional third parties are each associated with at least one subject area of the set of one or more subject areas pertinent to the at least one context profile;
and
(iv) receive information from respective third parties in accordance with an expanded version of the fourth set of one or more permissions.

16 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/874,345Filed 2 Oct 2015
Priority: 2 Oct 2014
Published: 14 Apr 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

G06F 21/6263
Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes: during internet communication, e.g. revealing personal data from cookies
G06F 21/6245
To a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database: protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
G06Q 30/0251
Advertisements: targeted advertisements
G06F
Computing and data processing