Patent ID: 8793340
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling sharing of personal data of a first user of a first communicating device with a second user of a second communicating device, comprising the following steps: sharing, in the first communicating device, in response to a request from a second user, personal data of the first user recorded in the first communicating device among other personal data of the first user, receiving, by the first communicating device, an anonymous reference of the second user for anonymously referencing the second user to the first user; receiving, by the second communicating device, an anonymous reference of the first user for anonymously referencing the first user to the second user; associating, in the first communicating device, the personal data shared with the anonymous reference of the second user, wherein the associating step comprises recording, in the first communicating device, the personal data shared and the anonymous reference of the second user for identifying the personal data that was shared with the second user; and transmitting the shared personal data to the second communicating device along with rules of utilization for the shared personal data and recording said shared personal data and rules of utilization in the second communicating device in association with the anonymous reference of the first user, wherein the recording step comprises recording, in the second communicating device, the shared personal data and the rules of utilization and the anonymous reference of the first user for identifying the personal data that was received from the first user, wherein the anonymous reference characterizes the respective user and/or their communicating object, without another user being able to identify the respective user directly and without another user being able to communicate directly with the respective user.