Event triggered data lockbox capable of anonymous revelation

摘要

An event triggered data lockbox is capable of anonymous revelation. The personal information for a person is saved in a secure memory. A lockbox condition for access to the secure memory is determined. Upon satisfaction of the lockbox condition, anonymous revelation of a masked profile for the personal information in the secure memory is permitted. As an example, a masked profile may be sent to a bank for loan qualifications and includes a credit score or summary characteristics. The lockbox condition comprises a time or an event associated with the person. In an alternative embodiment, the personal information can be fully revealed upon satisfaction of certain lockbox conditions such as an event such qualification for a loan or as a particular birthday age or death.

主权项

1. A method for event triggered data lockbox capable of anonymous revelation, comprising the steps of:
(a) saving personal information for an author of the personal information in a secure memory; (b) determining a lockbox condition for access to the secure memory; (c) identifying a user of a social networking system identified by a masked profile for the personal information in the secure memory upon satisfaction of the lockbox condition; (d) anonymously notifying the user of the social networking system identified by the masked profile identified in said step (c) of the availability of the personal information; and (e) permitting anonymous revelation to the user of the social networking system identified in said step (c) of the masked profile for the personal information in the secure memory including anonymity of a name of the author upon satisfaction of the lockbox condition; wherein the identifying and the permitting anonymous revelation of the masked profile of said steps (c) and (e) comprise a substep of requiring a human trustee to confirm certain parameters of the masked profile have been met in addition to a machine driven making condition.