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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Paul R. Goldberg, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Paul R. Goldberg, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method, system, and apparatus for consumer authorized collection and communication of consumer data, while facilitating compliance with government consumer privacy legislation and regulations, is provided. Authorization is obtained from a user of a network connected appliance to collect and communicate to other entities consumer data resulting from the user's use of the appliance. The data is encrypted, linked with an appliance user anonymous identifier and communicated to a first entity, where it is analyzed by the use of defined parameters. Based on this analysis, the anonymous identifier of the appliance user is aggregated with anonymous identifiers linked with the consumer data of other appliance users whose consumer data has at least one parameter in common with the consumer data of the appliance user. The aggregate set of anonymous identifiers is provisioned to a second entity by the first entity. Subsequent interaction with the first entity provides the second entity with access to the appliance user of the appliance without revealing the identity of the appliance user or providing access to the appliance user's consumer's data.