Appeal No. 2005-0131
Application 09/731,388
Invention
Appellants’ invention relates to a method, apparatus,
system, and product to provide a flexible framework in which
parties doing business in an electronic commerce setting can
automatically negotiate the terms of privacy protection to be
provided, by matching privacy criteria that the parties have
defined in advance. This framework is useful particularly in
business-to-business (B2B) interactions, and especially in
interactions carried out through an intermediary electronic
marketplace or portal. More generally, however, the principles
of the present invention are applicable to substantially any type
of electronic commerce setting, including business-to-consumer
(B2C) and mixed B2C/B2B settings. Appellants’ specification at
page 4, line 30, through page 5, line 11.
Claim 1 is representative of the claimed invention and is
reproduced as follows:
1. A method for controlling an exchange of information
between a first party and a second party, comprising:
receiving from the first party a set of one or more privacy
preferences, indicating restrictions to be placed on use of
specified items of the information to be disclosed by the first
party;
receiving from the second party a description of a privacy
policy, indicating undertakings by the second party with regard
to restricting the use of the specified items of the information;
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