Patent ID: 9699162
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A computer based system for controlling access to data about a person comprising: detecting attribute data that differentiates the person from another person by sensing physical attributes associated with the person in a physical environment at a sensory device, the sensory device associated with a sensor owner who is separate from the person; communicating the attribute data from the sensory device through a computer network to a trusted verification service on a central computer to verify the attribute data satisfies permission rules created by the person to permit additional data to be communicated; generating at the central computer, a token in response to the attribute data being verified, the token comprising permission for the sensory device to obtain the additional information; and in response to the attribute data being verified, providing the token from the central computer via the computer network to the sensory device; and extracting, from the token at the sensory device, at least a portion of the additional information about the person for which permission was granted.