Patent ID: 9514186
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A computer implemented method, comprising: identifying a plurality of user-lists, each of which is based on owned or permissioned data, wherein a first user-list in the plurality of user-lists is associated with a first owner database, and a second user-list in the plurality of user-lists is associated with a second owner database that is different from the first owner database; providing an application programming interface (API) configured to communicate with the first owner database and the second owner database; receiving, from the first and second owner databases through the API, metadata related to the corresponding user-list, the metadata at least including data describing a category for the corresponding user-list; storing in a searchable database user-list identifiers corresponding to the plurality of user-lists and the associated metadata; providing an owner user-interface configured to receive, from a data owner, instructions related to management of user-list subscribers; and providing a unified subscriber user-interface that includes the user-list identifiers and the corresponding associated metadata received from the first owner database and the second owner database, the unified subscriber user-interface configured to receive, from a user-list subscriber, one or more management instructions related to one or more of the plurality of user-lists from the first owner database and the second owner database.