Patent ID: 8695105
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for accessing confidential data of a user via a network, the system comprising: a server hosting an application providing selective access by the user to confidential data related to the user; a client interface capable of interfacing with the server via the application, wherein the user provides initial data to the application as part of a request to access the confidential data; at least one database having the confidential data stored therein, the database in communication with the server to allow the server to retrieve confidential data relating to the user located in the database based on the initial data received from the client interface; and a customer interface configured to enable an entity that manages the confidential data to input a plurality of exam definitions, wherein the application includes an exam creation function that causes the server to create an exam comprising at least one question based at least in part on a portion of the confidential data relating to the user, the exam creation function creating the exam based on the plurality of exam definitions, wherein the application further includes an exam administration function that causes the server to transmit the exam to the client interface for presentation to the user, wherein the user is granted access to the confidential data subsequent to determination by the application that the user passed the exam, and wherein the plurality of exam definitions includes (a) a minimum and maximum number of questions to be included on the exam, (b) a minimum and maximum number of dummy questions to be included on the exam, (c) a type of data from which the exam questions are derived by the application, and (d) a scoring algorithm used by the application to evaluate the user response to the exam questions.