Patent ID: 7877790

Claim:
A method of using personal data, the method comprising: storing, via a computer system, a plurality of profiles of a user, wherein each profile includes user data; receiving, at the computer system, a request for particular user data contained in at least one of the profiles via a first communication device, wherein the particular user data is associated with the user; determining, at the computer system, that the particular user data cannot be sent to the first communication device based at least in part on the first communication device and at least one disbursement rule; determining, at the computer system, whether a request for a temporary credential for the first communication device was received at the computer system via a second communication device, wherein the second communication device is associated with the user; sending, from the computer system to the first communication device, a denial of the request for the particular user data when the request for the temporary credential was not received; and sending, from the computer system to the second communication device, a temporary credential when the request for the temporary credential for the first communication device was received.