Ncr Corporation

Francine Gail Grimmer

John Mark Chapra

To address the requirements described above, the present invention discloses a method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for providing access and accepting changes to personal information stored in a data warehouse. The method comprises the steps of accepting a privacy information request from a client, retrieving privacy metadata describing the selected privacy information, translating the privacy information request to a data warehouse-compliant query using the privacy information metadata, and transmitting the query to the data warehouse. The apparatus comprises a program storage device tangibly embodying instructions for performing the method steps above. The apparatus comprises a privacy metadata subsystem, communicatively coupled to a data warehouse for retrieving privacy metadata and a consumer access subsystem communicatively coupled to the data warehouse and the privacy metadata subsystem. The consumer access subsystem accepts a request for privacy information from the client, translates the request to a data warehouse-compliant query, transmits the query to the data warehouse, and forwards data responsive to the query to the client.

Method and apparatus for dynamic discovery of data model allowing customization of consumer applications accessing privacy data

A method and apparatus for retrieving, verifying, and using information accessible by a directory service agent to authenticate electronic messages is described. The method comprises the steps of transmitting an open connection message to establish communication between a directory user agent and a directory service agent, searching a directory in the directory service agent for authentication certificates, fetching the found authentication certificates, and transmitting the fetched authentication certificates to the directory user agent. In one embodiment of the invention, the method also comprises the step of searching the directory for authentication certificates responsive to a search criteria message in the open connection message.

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Francine Gail Grimmer