Patent ID: 8392420

Claim:
In a computing system environment, a method for managing access to digital identity information, comprising: creating at least one first electronic identity profile comprising unique personal identity information of a first user, and storing said first identity profile and a first contact listing object that lists users granted access by the first user to the first identity profile in a first user vault object; creating at least one second electronic identity profile comprising unique personal identity information of a second user, and storing said second identity profile and a second contact listing object that lists users granted access by the second user to the second identity profile in a second user vault object that is different from the first user vault object; on completion of an acceptable contact between the first and second users, automatically federating identity information between the first and the second contact listing objects granting read-only access to the first and second users for the first user's and the second user's respective electronic identity profiles; receiving an acceptable second user request for access to first user identity information; providing said first identity information to the second user; the creating at least one second user electronic identity profile comprising at least the first user identity information provided to the second user, the profile including at least one of text or graphics designated by the first user; and providing the at least one second electronic identity profile to the first user.