Contract Broker for Secure Ad-Hoc Personal Data Sharing

摘要

The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for sharing sensitive personal data such as personally identifying data and financial data of a user. In an aspect the exchange of data is facilitated by a trusted contract broker, which is in communication with a client device and an external application. The contract broker having access to needs and rules for each of the client device and the external application, and the contract broker brokering the secure exchange of data between the client device and the contract broker according to said needs and rules. In an aspect, an electronic representation of a subset of personal data needed to satisfy an ad-hoc rule of said external application is generated in a client device and delivered to the external application.

主权项

1. A method for machine-assisted execution of a transaction, comprising:
providing a brokering server to broker exchanges of personal data between a client device and an external application; storing a record of active connections between said client device and said external application in said brokering server; encoding a plurality of ad-hoc rules representing ad-hoc conditions required by said external application to complete said transaction in the form of needs metadata; delivering said needs metadata to said client; receiving personal data from said client corresponding to said needs metadata; and returning said personal data corresponding to said needs metadata and representing said ad-hoc rules to said external application by way of said brokering server so that the personal data does not need to pass directly from said client to said external application.