Patent ID: 11899632
Assignee: VERATO, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a private data system of a first enterprise that includes a private database, a first query message sent from a second enterprise comprising a first set of query attributes representing a first subject;
sending, by the private data system, the first set of query attributes to a reference data system to verify an identity of the first subject, wherein the reference data system includes a reference database which contains a plurality of identity data records that only contain identity attributes that are used for resolving and verifying identities of unknown data records that are external to the reference data system;
on a condition that the first subject resolves uniquely with one reference identity data record, contained in the reference database, which includes one or more reference identity data attributes and which represents a selected reference subject, receiving at the private data system a return message verifying the identity of the first subject as the selected reference subject, including a first set of combined data attributes representing a verified first subject, wherein the first set of combined data attributes include the first set of query attributes representing the first subject and one or more reference identity data attributes representing the selected reference subject, wherein the return message establishes to the private data system that the first subject, the selected reference subject, and the verified first subject are all the same subject;
on a condition that the verified first subject resolves uniquely with at least one private data record contained in the private database and representing a selected private subject, the at least one private data record including one or more private data attributes:
resolving with certainty the identity of the first subject represented by the first set of query attributes as the selected private subject by linking the selected private subject with the verified first subject; and
storing, in the at least one private data record of the private data system, one or more of the first set of combined data attributes contained within the return message.