PERSONAL INFORMATION SECURITY AND EXCHANGE TOOL

摘要

Utilization of the E-Metro Community and Personal Information Agents assure an e ffective and comprehensive agent-rule based command and control of informational assets in a networked computer environment. The concerns of informational privacy and informational self-determination are addressed squarely by the invention affording persons an d entities a trusted means to author, secure, search, process, and exchange personal and/or confidential information in a networked co mputer environment. The formation of trusted electronic communities wherein members command and control their digital persona, exchangin g or brokering for value the trusted utility of their informational assets is made possible by the invention. The present invention pr ovides for the trusted utilization of personal data in electronic markets, providing both communities and individuals aggregate and individual rul e-based control of the processing of their personal data.