Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Khan Q. Tran, Esq.
  • Patent number: 6581059
    Abstract: A method and system provides a structured and accessible information repository for an entities personal information. An information server contains a personal information database and a set of information preferences associated with the personal information database. The personal information database contains personal information about an entity, such as name, phone number, address, etc. The information preferences define an entities preferences regarding the conditions of use under which the personal information will be released. When another computer or user of another computer, a requestor, requests personal information from the information server, the requestor then identifies the information it is requesting and provides the conditions under which the information is to be used. The received conditions of use are compared to the set of information preferences to determine if the received conditions of use are acceptable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Carl Barrett, Paul Philip Maglio