US 9,544,291 B2Granted

System and method for limited records access for event scheduling

AssigneeKaarya LLC

InventorsUjjual Nath, Gaurav Sharma, William Fletcher

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Abstract

The longstanding problems of user password management and security, and user authentication are addressed. Disclosed is a system and method for providing a means for a user to identify themselves with configurable levels of authentication in order to receive limited access or services while protecting user privacy. As a user inputs information related to their identity into an interface, the system searches an indexed database which may include both registered users and/or unregistered customers indexed from disparate data sources. The system presents the user matching results from the search in an obscured form from which the user selects and authenticates his or her identity. Unregistered users identified during the process may be automatically registered in certain embodiments, or no account may be needed in other embodiments.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method for limited records access for event scheduling comprising:

transmitting to a user computing device a first user interface configured to accept at least some personally identifiable user information and at least some non-personally identifiable information wherein the personally identifiable user information comprises verified user information associated with a verified user;
receiving from the user device the verified user information;
storing the verified user information on a computing system database management system;
transmitting to an unverified user computing device a second user interface configured to accept user identifying information comprising a series of alphanumeric characters input by an unverified user using a configured user interface;
receiving from the unverified user computing device the user identifying information data on the user computing device;
searching for matching data entries stored on the database management system which match to the user identifying information data;
retrieving records of related user information which contain a matching entry;
transmitting to the unverified user computing device at least a portion of related user information from a record containing the matching entry;
transmitting to the unverified user computing device a query for confirmation that the matching entry is related to a user known to the unverified user;
receiving from the unverified user computing device data indicating a confirmation that the matching entry is related to the known user;
transmitting to the unverified user computing device a third user interface configured to allow the unverified user to schedule at least one future event for the known user, wherein no personally identifiable information is transmitted to the unverified user computing device;
receiving from the unverified user computing device information related to scheduling at least one future event comprising at least a date and time;
whereby by matching limited information related to the known user, the unverified user is provided limited information access to perform event scheduling without personally identifiable information being revealed to the unverified user.

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A system for limited records access for event scheduling comprising:

a central server computing device configured to store identification information, utilizing a database management system, wherein the identification information comprises one or more items of information associated with one or more users, wherein the central server computing device is configured to receive input data from an unverified user computing device, the input data being a series of alphanumeric characters;
a database management system configured to search for entries matching the series of received alphanumeric characters;
the central server computing device further configured to:
transmit to the unverified user computing device at least a portion of related user information from a record containing a the matching entry;
transmit to the unverified user computing device a query for confirmation that the matching entry is related to a user known to the unverified user;
receive from the unverified user computing device data indicating a confirmation that the matching entry is related to the known user;
transmit to the unverified user computing device a user interface configured to allow the unverified user to schedule at least one future event for the known user, wherein no personally identifiable information is transmitted to the unverified user computing device;
receive from the unverified user computing device information related to scheduling at least one future event comprising at least a date and time;
whereby by matching limited information related to the known user, the unverified user is provided limited information access to perform event scheduling without personally identifiable information being revealed to the verified user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/925,133Filed 28 Oct 2015 · continuation
Priority: 15 Mar 2013
Published: US 2016/0050195 A118 Feb 2016
Granted: 10 Jan 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

H04L 63/083
For authentication of entities: using passwords
G06F 16/22
Of structured data, e.g. relational data: indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
G06F 16/9535
Querying, e.g. by the use of web search engines: search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
G06F 16/955
Retrieval from the web: using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]

Family

Application61/801,485Us provisional application · filed 15 Mar 2013
Application14/216,795Parent of this continuation · filed 17 Mar 2014
US 2016/0050195 A1Pre-grant publication · published 18 Feb 2016
US 9,197,632 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2014/0282949 A1Published application
US 9,544,291 B2This patent

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