Patent ID: 8326767
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for privacy management of customer data comprising: a computer readable storage medium comprising a central broker encoded with computer-executable instructions when executed by a computer causes the central broker to provide customer data including customer privacy data from a data store component in response to a request for the customer data, and to provide the customer data according to a set of rules regarding access to the customer privacy data; and a computer readable storage medium comprising a distributed component, the distributed component distributed from the central broker, installed on a customer device, and encoded with computer-executable instructions when executed by the customer device causes the distributed component to receive the request for the customer data from at least one application installed on the customer device, determine whether a copy of the customer data is stored on the distributed component, provide the copy of the customer data to the at least one application according to the set of rules regarding access to the customer privacy data in response to a determination that the copy of the customer data is stored on the distributed component, request the customer data from the central broker in response to a determination that the copy of the customer data is not stored on the distributed component, receive the customer data from the central broker in response to requesting the customer data from the central broker, provide the customer data to the at least one application according to the set of rules, and copy the customer data to the distributed component in response to receiving the customer data from the central broker.