Method and system for providing permission-based access to sensitive information

US8769621B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Chesla C. Wechsler · Shrewsbury, US
• Gerald Maziarski · Toms River, US
• Earle H. West, III · Morganville, US
• Amy Susan Miller · Blaine, US
• John Feaver · Oakhurst, US
• David Chen · Fremont, US
• Amir Mehmood Sheikh · Alpharetta, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 18, 2011
• Grant date: Jul 1, 2014
• Expiry date: Jul 3, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L63/102
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method provides for permission-based access to personal information over a communication network. The method includes entering specified owner personal information in an owner terminal, by an owner, to establish a secure owner profile, which is stored in an owner database. The method also includes entering specified user personal information in a user terminal, by a user, to establish a secure user profile, which is stored in a user database. The method further includes entering a user request in the user terminal requesting permission to receive a designated piece of the owner personal information from the secure owner profile. A server determines whether to approve the user request; and provides permission to use the designated piece of the owner personal information to the user over the communication network after the user request is approved by the server.