Patent ID: 8856177

Claim:
A personal profile data repository, comprising components stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the personal profile data repository comprising: an information gathering component for gathering information from a database of an online shopping site into one location under the user's control including receiving the information from third parties and classifying the information by usage and type, the information including a user's name, a credit card number, an address, and items ordered, modifying the information from the database of the online shopping site by deleting the user's name, the credit card number, and the address, retaining the items ordered in the database of the online shopping site, wherein the information stored in the database of the online shopping site is generated by an application, the information gathering component further generating conclusions about the user, the conclusions being based on the user's interaction with the application, wherein the information gathering component gathers further information about the user by monitoring the user's interaction with the application, wherein the online shopping site includes a multi-event collector for collecting the information from the database of the online shopping site, awaiting any one of a completion of the user's transaction and an availability of network bandwidth, and transmitting the information to the information gathering component; a profile storing component for while the information is gathered by the information gathering component, generating a plurality of categories for storing the information, storing the information gathered by the information gathering component as a profile of the user, storing the conclusions generated by the information gathering component in the profile, and storing the information in the profile in one of the plurality of categories based on classification of the information; and a security component for granting unlimited access to the profile only to the user and limited access to the profile to third parties designated by the user.