PROFILE AND CONSENT ACCRUAL

摘要

Consent management between a client and a network server. In response to a request for consent, a central server determines if requested user information is included in a user profile associated with a user and if the user has granted consent to share the requested user information. A user interface is provided to the user via a browser of the client to collect the requested user information that is not included in the user profile and the consent to share the requested user information from the user. After receiving the user information provided by the user via the user interface, the service provided by the network server is allowed access to the received user information, and the central server updates the user profile. Other aspects of the invention are directed to computer-readable media for use with profile and consent accrual.

主权项

1: A method of managing consent between a client and a network server, said client and said network server being coupled to a data communication network, said network server providing a service to a user via the client, said client operating a browser configured to permit the user to communicate on the data communication network, said method comprising:
maintaining a user profile associated with the user; receiving a request from the service provided by the network server for user information associated with the user and for consent to use the requested user information; determining, in response to the request for consent, when the requested user information is not included in the user profile; in response to the determining that the requested user information is not included in the user profile, providing to the user via the browser a user interface to collect the requested user information that is not included in the user profile from the user; receiving via the interface the user information that is not included in the user profile, said user information provided by the user in response to the providing of the user interface to the user; updating the user profile with the received user information; and allowing access by the service to the received user information in the updated user profile whereby the user profile is updated with user information which in not included in the user profile when the request is received from the service so that the requested user information is accessible to the service.