National digital identity

US11069016B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED · US

Inventors

• Stephen Elder · Swords, IE
• Joseph Ross Mitchell · Calgary, CA
• John Sheldon · Brea, US
• Ken Moore · Greystones, IE
• Gregory O'Brien · Dublin, IE
• Sinead Fitzgerald · Dublin, IE
• Derek Humphreys · Dublin, IE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 29, 2017
• Grant date: Jul 20, 2021
• Expiry date: Nov 28, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06K19/06037
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Provided are an identity broker system and method for managing a national digital identification of a citizen. In one example, the method includes receiving, from a user device, an identity sharing request of a citizen including an identification of a service provider with which to share the identity, determining one or more digital identification credentials of the citizen that are to be shared with the service provider based on the identity sharing request, receiving an authorization from the citizen via the user device, the authorization including an approval for sharing the one or more digital identification credentials of the citizen with the service provider, and receiving the one or more digital identity components of the citizen from an identity record providing device, and transmitting the one or more digital identification credentials of the citizen to a service provider device based on the identification of the service provider.