Branding and revenue sharing models for facilitating storage, management and distribution of consumer information

A computer memory having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for causing one or more processors to perform the acts of:

• receiving consumer profile information over a distributed network at a host server;
• transferring the consumer profile information from the host server to a central data repository for storage in a plurality of information accounts associated with a plurality of different consumers, logically associated with a plurality of exchanges, each information account associated with at least one exchange, wherein an exchange comprises a group of one or more servers that are authorized and configured to accept the consumer profile information from a particular information account at the request of a consumer;
• receiving requests at the host server from the exchanges for consumer profile information in specific information accounts;
• and
• responding to said requests by retrieving some or all of the consumer profile information from said central data repository and conveying some or all of the consumer profile information to the requesting exchange, provided that the information account storing the consumer profile information is associated with the requesting exchange.

A computer-implemented method, comprising the steps of:

• receiving consumer profile information relating to a plurality of different consumers at a host server and transferring the consumer profile information from the host server to a central data repository for storage in a plurality of information accounts, associated with a plurality of different consumers, collectively associated with a plurality of exchanges, each of said exchanges comprising a logical grouping of one or more servers communicating with user devices over a distributed network, and each information account being associated with at least one of said exchanges, wherein the one or more servers are authorized and configured to accept the consumer profile information from a particular information account at the request of a consumer;
• receiving requests from the servers in said exchanges for consumer profile information in specific information accounts;
• and
• responding to said requests by retrieving some or all of the consumer profile information from said central data repository and conveying some or all of the consumer profile information to a server within the requesting exchange, provided that the information account storing the consumer profile information is associated with the requesting exchange.

A system comprising:

• a central data repository operable for receiving consumer information elements from a host server and storing a plurality of branded information accounts, relating to a plurality of different consumers, each branded information account comprising a plurality of said consumer information elements, stored in a tagged data format, associated with a consumer and an identification of a sponsor of the branded information account;
• the host server configured for managing communications between the central data repository and network devices across a distributed network, the network devices comprising at least one client device and at least one vendor server, said client device executing a browser for interacting with a web page file hosted by said vendor server, wherein the vendor server is a member of an exchange comprising a logical grouping of servers authorized to interact with one or more of the branded information accounts;
• and
• wherein said host server is further configured to retrieve selected consumer information elements from the central data repository in response to requests from the network devices, and to transmit the selected consumer information elements across the distributed network for use by the requesting network devices.