Jennifer M Paul

US Patent:

20120008769, Jan 12, 2012

Filed:

Jul 12, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/181256

Inventors:

Kurt Raffiki Collins - San Francisco CA, US
Aaron Knoll - Holtsville NY, US
Jennifer Paul - Yaphank NY, US

International Classification:

G06F 21/00
H04L 9/08

US Classification:

380 44, 726 6

Abstract:

A method for managing a distributed identity, including retrieving identification data of a user, wherein the identification data includes a username, a password, and metadata; receiving, from a general-use device, a unique physical identifier of the user; combining the unique physical identifier and the identification data to create a unique identity record of the user; encrypting at least a component of the unique identity record; creating a hash of an identifying token of the unique identity record; passing the hash of the identity token of the unique identity record to be parsed into a hierarchy; organizing the unique identity record in a distributed database of a plurality of unique identity records; and storing the unique identity record, containing the encrypted component, in the distributed database of the plurality of unique identity records.