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Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 23, 2009
Applicants:

Balachander Krishnamurthy, New York, NY (US);

Adam C. Bender, College Park, MD (US);

Craig E. Wills, Acton, MA (US);

Inventors:

Balachander Krishnamurthy, New York, NY (US);

Adam C. Bender, College Park, MD (US);

Craig E. Wills, Acton, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/102 (2013.01); G06F 21/6263 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2115 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2119 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2141 (2013.01);
Abstract

A negotiation-based mechanism enables a user to share personally identifiable information with a requesting website, for example, a third party website such as an aggregator website that might be gathering information about the user. The user, rather than being limited to a pre-set collection of privacy options, is free to negotiate with the requesting website and agree to share more or less information with based on the user's trust of the requesting website.

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