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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2001
Steven B. Adler, Port Washington, NY (US);
Endre Felix Bangerter, Ligerz, CH;
Nigel Howard Julian Brown, Richmond Hill, CA;
Jan Camenisch, Ruschlikon, CH;
Arthur M. Gilbert, Bethel, CT (US);
Guenter Karjoth, Waedenswil, CH;
Dogan Kesdogan, White Plains, NY (US);
Michael Robert Mccullough, Washington, DC (US);
Adam Charles Nelson, Chicago, IL (US);
Charles Campbell Palmer, Goldens Bridge, NY (US);
Martin Joseph Clayton Presler-marshall, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Michael Schnyder, Bern, CH;
Elsie Van Herreweghen, Adiswil, CH;
Michael Waidner, Appilalshi, CH;
Steven B. Adler, Port Washington, NY (US);
Endre Felix Bangerter, Ligerz, CH;
Nigel Howard Julian Brown, Richmond Hill, CA;
Jan Camenisch, Ruschlikon, CH;
Arthur M. Gilbert, Bethel, CT (US);
Guenter Karjoth, Waedenswil, CH;
Dogan Kesdogan, White Plains, NY (US);
Michael Robert McCullough, Washington, DC (US);
Adam Charles Nelson, Chicago, IL (US);
Charles Campbell Palmer, Goldens Bridge, NY (US);
Martin Joseph Clayton Presler-Marshall, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Michael Schnyder, Bern, CH;
Elsie Van Herreweghen, Adiswil, CH;
Michael Waidner, Appilalshi, CH;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a system and method for handling personally identifiable information, using a rules model. The invention involves defining a limited number of privacy-related actions regarding personally identifiable information; constructing a rule for each circumstance in which one of said privacy-related actions may be taken or must be taken; allowing for the input of dynamic contextual information to precisely specify the condition for evaluation of a rule; creating a programming object containing at least one of said rules; associating the programming object with personally identifiable information; processing a request; and providing an output. The invention does not merely give a 'yes-or-no answer. The invention has the advantage of being able to specify additional actions that must be taken. The invention may use a computer system and network. One aspect of the present invention is a method for handling personally identifiable information. Another aspect of the present invention is a system for executing the method of the present invention. A third aspect of the present invention is as a set of instructions on a computer-usable medium, or resident in a computer system, for executing the method of the present invention.