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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2002
George Robert Blakley, Iii, Round Rock, TX (US);
Heather Maria Hinton, Austin, TX (US);
Birgit Monika Pfitzmann, Samstagern, CH;
George Robert Blakley, III, Round Rock, TX (US);
Heather Maria Hinton, Austin, TX (US);
Birgit Monika Pfitzmann, Samstagern, CH;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system is presented for facilitating management of user attribute information at one or more attribute information providers (AIPs), which can manage the user's attribute information in accordance with user-selected or administratively-determined options, including options that are stored in attribute release policies and/or dynamically determined during a transaction. E-commerce service providers (ECSPs), such as online banks or merchants, also maintain a relationship with an AIP such that the ECSP can trust the user attribute information that is provided by the AIP on behalf of the user. The user can complete transactions that require user attribute information at any ECSP without having to have previously established a relationship with that particular ECSP. If the ECSP has a relationship with one of the user's AIPS, then the user will be able to direct the ECSP to an AIP when the ECSP needs user attribute information to complete a transaction for the user.