Patent ID: 7657761
Filing Date: 2010-02-02
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: identifying multiple financial accounts associated with a user, wherein the multiple financial accounts are with a plurality of financial institutions; presenting the user with a plurality of trust modes, each of which can be associated with one or more of the plurality of financial institutions, wherein each mode directs a server remote from the plurality of financial institutions to handle user data in a particular manner, and wherein the user data comprises user login data used to access accounts online at one of the plurality of financial institutions; receiving a selection of a trust mode from the user for each of the multiple financial institutions; associating a selected mode with each of the multiple financial institutions; storing, handling the user data associated with each of the plurality of financial institutions in accordance with an associated trust mode each time one of the multiple financial accounts is accessed, wherein accessing one of the multiple financial accounts comprises a financial analysis system accessing the account on behalf of the user.