Patent ID: 7991886

Claim:
A personal base process on a computer system, said computer system having multiple nodes that are interconnected to facilitate communication between said nodes, the computer system comprising at least one processor and a memory, said personal base process comprising: a personal base instance on at least one of said nodes on said computer system, said personal base instance being constructed and arranged to communicate with a a personal base server on at least one of said nodes on said computer system, said personal base server being constructed and arranged to communicate with said personal base instance and at least one of said nodes of said computer system other than said user devices; wherein the personal base instance is configured to: communicate with the personal base server; bilaterally communicate with external third parties, which are external to the computer system, over a network only through the personal base server; receive data from external third parties over the network only through the personal base server; transmit data to external third parties over the network only through the personal base server; and communicate with the user device, wherein the user device does not communicate directly with the personal base server.