发明名称 Method and apparatus for anonymously acquiring service information
摘要 An approach for enabling a user to anonymously access customized service information from a plurality of providers is described. A secure estimation platform retrieves personal information associated with a user based on a first request from the user. The platform then anonymizes the personal information and generates a second request for the estimate for the service based on the anonymized personal information. The second request is then transmitted to one or more providers of the service.
申请公布号 US9419946(B2) 申请公布日期 2016.08.16
申请号 US201313934524 申请日期 2013.07.03
申请人 VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC. 发明人 Udani Sanjay K.;Maguire Thomas
分类号 G06F15/173;H04L29/06;G06Q30/02;H04W4/02 主分类号 G06F15/173
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主权项 1. A method comprising: receiving a first request from a user, via a user device, for an estimate for a service, wherein the first request specifies criteria including a requirement that a provider of the service meet a predetermined threshold ranking for providers of the service based on user review ratings, wherein the user device includes two or more sensors providing sensor data including location data and temporal data, and wherein the first request is initiated by processing the sensor data to determine a need for the service; retrieving personal information associated with the user from a third party records database in response to the first request; anonymizing the retrieved personal information; generating a second request for the estimate for the service based on the anonymized personal information; transmitting the second request to one or more providers of the service; receiving one or more responses to the second request from the one or more providers, wherein the one or more responses include service cost information, service availability information, or a combination thereof; and presenting the one or more responses to the user as the estimate, wherein at a time of presenting two or more responses to the user from two or more providers, presenting the two or more responses in side by side view on the user device, and presenting a recommendation, based on the retrieved personal information, that the user use one of the two or more providers even though the ranking of the one provider is lower than the other of the two or more providers.
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