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

Claim 20:
21. A method comprising:
receiving, at a reference data system accessible to a first enterprise and that includes a reference database of adult subjects and their associated attributes, a first query message, sent from a second enterprise, comprising a first set of query attributes representing a first subject known to the second enterprise, 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 an identity of the first subject resolves uniquely to a selected reference subject represented by a selected reference data record containing one or more reference attributes contained in the reference database:
retrieving a selected reference record identifier (ID) attribute from the selected reference data record; and
returning, to the first enterprise, a message verifying the identity of the first subject and including a first set of combined attributes comprising the first set of query attributes and the selected reference record ID, wherein the first set of combined attributes represent a verified first subject, enable the first enterprise to link with certainty the verified first subject with a selected private subject represented by a private data record having a plurality of private data attributes; and enable the second enterprise to request records pertaining to the selected private subject from the first enterprise without further verification the identity of the first subject, and
wherein once linked by the first enterprise, the first subject, the verified first subject, the selected reference subject, and the selected private subject are the same subject.