System and method of secure personal identification

摘要

A system and method for securely and automatically identifying users to an inquirer for purposes of obtaining user identifying information is described. The system consisting of at least one client device associated with a user, at least one inquiring device associated with a host, a client information server and a network. The system and method allows computer based systems to automatically authenticate the identities of a plurality of users entering a physical space and obtain information pertaining to user preferences. Users may control whether identifying information is provided to an inquirer as well as what preference information may be obtained by an inquirer.

主权项

1. An identity confirmation system and service provided by a computerized server connected to a wide area network (WAN) storing and executing software from memory, comprising:
an interface, accessible on the WAN, provided by the software at the server, enabling a user to register for service with the server; a computerized client device carried by a user and enabled to connect to the WAN, the client device including transmission and receiving hardware enabling wireless communication, the client device storing and executing an instance of the software from memory; a computerized inquiring device connected to the WAN including transmission and receiving hardware enabling wireless communication, the inquiring device storing and executing an instance of the software from memory, the inquiring device hosted by a party separate from the client device; an identification token having a session code identifying the inquiring device to the server, time code and client code; and a database accessible to the server storing identity tokens, profile data and preferences of the user; wherein, upon initial access by the client device to the server via the interface, the client code is generated by the server and sent to the client device which uses the client code to generate the identification token which is sent back to the server and upon the client device coming within geographic proximity enabling wireless communication with the inquiring device, the inquiring device requests the token from the client device, the client device updates the time code and sends the token to the inquiring device, the inquiring device receives the token and updates the session token, forwards the token to the server which analyzes and validates identity of the user and client device forwarding the stored profile information to the inquiring device.