Methods and systems for managing data

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9825800-B2
Application number	US-201213685485-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 26, 2012
Priority date	Oct 30, 2012
Publication date	Nov 21, 2017
Grant date	Nov 21, 2017

Abstract

Computationally implemented methods and systems include receiving data regarding one or more properties of a device, said data not particularly identifying the device, identifying one or more services configured to be provided to a user of the device, said one or more services requiring access to particular data controlled by the device, wherein access to the particular data controlled by the device is managed by the device, and requesting access to the particular data controlled by the device, in exchange for providing one or more of the identified one or more services. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computationally-implemented method configured to be carried out on a server device that communicates with one or more service providers configured to provide one or more services that are executed at least in part on one or more other devices, said other devices also in communication with the server device, comprising:
receiving data regarding one or more properties of a device, wherein said data is not alone sufficient to particularly identify the device;
identifying one or more services at the server device that are configured to be provided to a user of the device, said one or more services requiring access to particular data controlled by the device, wherein access to the particular data controlled by the device is managed by the device; and
requesting access to the particular data controlled by the device, in exchange for providing one or more of the identified one or more services.

2. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said receiving data regarding one or more properties of a device, wherein said data is not alone sufficient to particularly identify the device comprises:
receiving data regarding information collected by a device, wherein said data is not sufficient to particularly identify the device that collected the information.

3. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said receiving data regarding one or more properties of a device, wherein said data is not alone sufficient to particularly identify the device comprises:
receiving data regarding information collected by a device having a device identifier, wherein said data does not include the device identifier.

4. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said receiving data regarding one or more properties of a device, wherein said data is not alone sufficient to particularly identify the device comprises:
receiving data regarding information collected by a device having a device identifier that is unique to the device, said received data including a modified identifier, wherein the device identifier cannot be independently derived from the modified identifier.

5. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said receiving data regarding one or more properties of a device, wherein said data is not alone sufficient to particularly identify the device comprises:
receiving data regarding information collected by a device having a device identifier, said data providing a modified device identifier that is unique to the device, and from which the device identifier can be derived only using a lookup table that is not received with the received data.

6. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said receiving data regarding one or more properties of a device, wherein said data is not alone sufficient to particularly identify the device comprises:
receiving data regarding information collected by a sensor of the device, wherein said data is not alone sufficient to particularly identify the device.

7. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said receiving data regarding one or more properties of a device, wherein said data is not alone sufficient to particularly identify the device comprises:
receiving data regarding information collected by an input component of the device, wherein said data is not alone sufficient to particularly identify the device.

8. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said receiving data regarding one or more properties of a device, wherein said data is not alone sufficient to particularly identify the device comprises:
receiving data regarding one or more types of information stored in a memory of the device, wherein said data is not alone sufficient to particularly identify the device.

9. The computationally-implemented method of claim 8 , wherein said receiving data regarding one or more types of information stored in a memory of the device, wherein said data is not alone sufficient to particularly identify the device comprises:
receiving data regarding a number of program applications stored in a memory of the device.

10. The computationally-implemented method of claim 8 , wherein said receiving data regarding one or more types of information stored in a memory of the device, wherein said data is not alone sufficient to particularly identify the device comprises:
receiving data regarding a type of program applications stored in a memory of the device.

11. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said receiving data regarding one or more properties of a device, wherein said data is not alone sufficient to particularly identify the device comprises:
receiving data regarding one or more properties of the device, from the device, wherein said data is alone insufficient to uniquely identify the device.

12. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said receiving data regarding one or more properties of a device, wherein said data is not alone sufficient to particularly identify the device comprises:
receiving data regarding one or more properties of the device, said data having information identifying the device previously removed.

13. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said identifying one or more services at the server device that are configured to be provided to a user of the device, said one or more services requiring access to particular data controlled by the device, wherein access to the particular data controlled by the device is managed by the device comprises:
identifying an application service to be provided to a user of the device, said one or more services requiring access to particular data controlled by the device, wherein access to the particular data controlled by the device is managed by the device.

14. The computationally-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein said identifying an application service to be provided to a user of the device, said one or more services requiring access to particular data controlled by the device, wherein access to the particular data controlled by the device is managed by the device comprises:
identifying a service that indicates when a device is within a particular proximity to one or more particular items, said one or more services requiring access to particular data controlled by the device, wherein access to the particular data controlled by the device is managed by the device.

15. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said identifying one or more services at the server device that are configured to be provided to a user of the device, said one or more services requiring access to particular data controlled by the device, wherein access to the particular data controlled by the device is managed by the device comprises:
identifying one or more services that provide analysis of past actions of a user of the device or the device, said one or more services requiring access to particular data controlled by the device, wherein access to the particular data controlled by the device is managed by the device.

16. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said identifying one or more services at the server device that are configured to be provided to a user of the device, said one or more services requiring access to particular data controlled by the device, wherein access to the particular data controlled by the device is managed by the device comprises:
identifying one or more services configured to be provided to a user of the device, said one or more services requiring access to particular d

Assignees

• Elwha Llc

Inventors

• Jung Edward K Y
• Levien Royce A
• Lord Richard T
• Lord Robert W
• Malamud Mark A

Classifications

• H04L41/5054

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• H04L63/10 Primary

  for controlling access to devices or network resources · CPC title

• G06F2221/2107

  File encryption · CPC title

• G06F2221/2153

  Using hardware token as a secondary aspect · CPC title

• G06F21/6254

  by anonymising data, e.g. decorrelating personal data from the owner's identification · CPC title