US 11,949,671 B2
Systems and methods for managing secure sharing of online data
Matthew M. Patton, Baltimore, MD (US); and Seth Mitchell Demsey, Dulles, VA (US)
Assigned to Yahoo Ad Tech LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed by Yahoo Ad Tech LLC, Dulles, VA (US)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/938,394.
Application 17/938,394 is a continuation of application No. 16/836,404, filed on Mar. 31, 2020, granted, now 11,496,455.
Application 16/836,404 is a continuation of application No. 16/385,940, filed on Apr. 16, 2019, granted, now 10,652,231, issued on May 12, 2020.
Application 16/385,940 is a continuation of application No. 15/903,490, filed on Feb. 23, 2018, granted, now 10,313,326, issued on Jun. 4, 2019.
Application 15/903,490 is a continuation of application No. 14/751,960, filed on Jun. 26, 2015, granted, now 9,954,849, issued on Apr. 24, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/018,118, filed on Jun. 27, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0029087 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0241 (2023.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01)
CPC H04L 63/0823 (2013.01) [G06F 21/6245 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0241 (2013.01); H04L 9/088 (2013.01); H04L 9/3263 (2013.01); H04L 63/045 (2013.01); H04L 63/102 (2013.01); G06F 21/1076 (2023.08); G06F 2221/2137 (2013.01); H04L 2209/603 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for managing online data element secure sharing, the method including:
receiving, at a server, registration information corresponding to a data consumer;
providing, by the server to the data consumer, a digital certificate including privilege rights that control usage of online user activity data;
receiving, at the server, a request from the data consumer to access the online user activity data, the request including a data consumer authenticator;
based on a successful authentication, encrypting, by the server, the online user activity data using the digital certificate;
transmitting the encrypted online user activity data from the server to the data consumer;
and
ending transmission of the online user activity data based on the privilege rights.