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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2005
Clifton E. Grim, Iii, Seabrook, TX (US);
Christopher I. Schmidt, Friendswood, TX (US);
John D. Wilson, Houston, TX (US);
Clifton E. Grim, III, Seabrook, TX (US);
Christopher I. Schmidt, Friendswood, TX (US);
John D. Wilson, Houston, TX (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for providing a Proxied Contact Management System (PCMS) so that individual owners of personal contact data may control and manage the access and dissemination of their personal data and also control who may contact them. The owner of personal contact data may securely register the data with a secured information vault of the PCMS and specify which other parties may contact them. In this way, duplication of the personal data is avoided, but at the same time is always current. In use, a second party's device, such as a telephone or a PDA may request that the PCMS, under public key infrastructure (PKI) control, establish a connection with the first party. Once verified, the PCMS may establish a proxy connection between the first and second parties according to the permitted mode of communication defined by criteria established by the first party and managed by the PCMS. In this way, personal contact information, such as a telephone number, is kept secure and private and not provided to the second party.