Patent ID: 7516886

Claim:
A system to provide a customized set of identification data to facilitate a transaction, the system comprising: a computer having memory and configured to interface with a plurality of remotely positioned users and at least one remotely positioned provider of components of data profiles to facilitate one or more transactions through a point-of-transaction terminal; a database accessible by the computer to store a plurality of personal control IDs and a plurality of sets of personal data, each set of personal data associated with a corresponding different one or more of the plurality of remotely positioned users; and program product stored in the memory of the computer and including instructions that when executed cause the computer to perform the operations of: receiving a set of personal data from each of the plurality of remotely positioned users, receiving a personal control ID from each of the plurality of remotely positioned users to associate with the respective set of personal data, storing the personal control ID and the respective set of personal data of each of the plurality of remotely positioned users in the database, receiving a request for at least a portion of the set of personal data of at least one of the plurality of remotely positioned users from the point-of-transaction terminal remote from and in communication with the computer, the request including both the personal control ID of the respective user and a provider ID, a provider ID being associated with one of, or both, a merchant or service provider or at least one provider of components of data profiles, and providing a customized set of identification data responsive to a data profile derived from the set of personal data of the at least one of the plurality of remotely positioned users to facilitate one or more transactions through the point-of-transaction terminal.