ENABLING PAID-FOR EXCHANGE OF IDENTITY ATTRIBUTES WITH MINIMAL DISCLOSURE CREDENTIALS

• Main Authors: CHASE MELISSA, GORDON ARIEL, PAQUIN CHRISTIAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 21.03.2013
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

The claimed subject matter provides a system and method for enabling paid-for exchange of identity attributes with minimal disclosure credentials. An exemplary method includes requesting a credential from an identity provider by one of a user or a credential agent. The credential may be presented to a relying party, and the presented credential may be verified. Based on verification of the presented credential, a service of the relying party may be accessed by the user. The user, the relying party, a neutral third party, or the credential agent may provide payment for the credential to the identity provider, and the identity provider is unable to determine whether, where, when or by whom the credential has been used.