Patent ID: 7779477
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of facilitating compliance with one or more information sharing regulations, comprising: storing, in a storage medium, information concerning exemptions to data sharing guidelines and their applicability to predetermined sharing relationship/data type combinations; identifying at least one primary party for sharing data and at least one secondary party for receiving shared data; classifying said primary party as belonging to a first party type, wherein said first party type is selected from a plurality of predetermined party types; classifying said secondary party as belonging to a second party type, wherein said second party type is selected from said plurality of predetermined party types; utilizing said first party type and said second party type, defining a sharing relationship between said primary party and said secondary party, wherein the act of defining a sharing relationship includes identifying the first and second parties as being one of affiliated and non-affiliated; defining data as belonging to a data type. Wherein said data type is selected from a plurality or predetermined data types including a public data type, a non-public data type, and a non-public personality identifiable data type, and wherein said non-public personally identifiable data type is divided into subcategories including at least health related data and credit related data; utilizing said relationship and said data type, as well as information concerning a purpose of a proposed information sharing activity, defining a data sharing arrangement between said primary party and said secondary party; and retrieving from said storage medium information relating to said sharing arrangement, said information providing guidance to facilitate compliance with said information sharing regulations applicable to said data sharing arrangement.