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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsPaul Anthony Ashley, Sridhar R. Muppidi, Mark Vandenwauver
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This invention automates the selection of purpose usages when a user agent interacts with a web site that has been enabled for automated purpose usage information exchange. A user first configures the purpose usage automation in his or her user agent. At this stage, which typically occurs off-line, the user decides on a level of automation when specifying the one or more purpose usages. If desired, this preference may depend on how “trusted” the site is to the user. Later, when the user navigates to an organization's web site, the user agent communicates the purpose usage settings to the organization according to the level of purpose usage automation that has been configured. In particular, when a user's agent visits a web site, the user agent detects that “automated purpose usage” is enabled for the web site. The web site then provides the user agent with a list of one or more purpose usage options required or desired by the organization. The user agent then determines the response for each purpose usage option. This determination may be completely automatic, or partially automated, depending on the user's configuration. The web site then receives the purpose usage selections. At this point, the user agent can provide PII and the user is assured that such information is managed or used by the organization only according to the user's desires.
A method, implemented at a web site that has been enabled for automated purpose usage selection, comprising:
Apparatus operative at a web site for automated purpose usage selection, comprising:
A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a server causes the server to perform the following method steps:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.