Architecture and method for operational privacy in business services
US7167842B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 27, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jan 23, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 11, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99939
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Consent-based application programming interfaces (APIs) are used to provide privacy access controls to operational systems for business services accomplished particularly in an electronic and/or networked environment. An API implementation device or host provides a link between a channel application, configured to provide an interface with a customer, and privacy data as used by operational applications and obtained from databases such as data warehouses. The privacy APIs provide per-customer choice/consent to obtaining and/or retrieval of privacy information/data and per-customer access thereto. In one form, the privacy APIs are used in business initiated self service applications wherein an activity or event triggers business to customer initiation.
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