Patent ID: 11936648
Assignee: CECELUMEN, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method of operating a privacy server, the method comprising:
storing, in storage device, a first user record of a customer record database, a first user name, a user provided sample image and a set of image use information including a plurality of network or website image use authorization records, different authorized uses for images of the first user being specified in at least some of the image use authorization records, said image use authorization records including at least a first image use authorization record, a second image use authorization record and a third image use authorization record, the first image use authorization record authorizing use of images of the first user for non-profit purposes, the second image use authorization record indicating use of images of the first user are authorized for dating purposes and the third image use authorization record indicating use of images of the first user are authorized for use with regard to employment or job hunting related uses;
receiving, at the privacy server, a query, said query corresponding to a network or website and including information indicating the network or website to which the query corresponds along with captured biometric information which can be used to identify one or more individuals;
identifying an individual based on the received biometric information; and
determining, when the identified individual is the first user to which the first user record corresponds, from stored information included in the first user record whether the identified individual has authorized use of information corresponding to the identified individual or an image of the identified individual by the network or website to which the received query corresponds; and
responding to said query with information indicating whether use of the received biometric information is authorized or not permitted.