Methods and apparatus to support personal information management

1. A method comprising:

receiving first personal information of a user from a mobile device and second personal information of a second person associated with the user of the mobile device through close-proximity communication;

accessing first verification information related to the first personal information and second verification information related to the second personal information;

obtaining biometric information from the user and from the second person;

verifying the first personal information based on the first biometric information and based on a comparison of the first verification information and the first personal information; and

verifying the second personal information based on the second biometric information and based on a comparison of the second verification information and the second personal information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the first personal information comprises use of a near-field communication device in the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the near-field communication device is to store the first personal information and the second personal information.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the near-field communication device is to store identification information used to obtain the first personal information and the second personal information.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first personal information or the second personal information comprises citizenship information.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first personal information or the second personal information comprises passport information.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first personal information comprises history information of the user.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first personal information comprises a border crossing credential of the user.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising removing the border crossing credential of the user.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising writing history information of the user or of the second person to the mobile device.

11. A method comprising:

receiving first personal information of a user from a mobile device and second personal information of a second person associated with the user of the mobile device through close-proximity communication, wherein the first personal information includes a first government-issued credential of the user and the second personal information includes a second government-issued credential of the second person;

accessing first verification information related to the first personal information and second verification information related to the second personal information;

verifying the first personal information based on a comparison of the first verification information and the first personal information; and

verifying the second personal information based on a comparison of the second verification information and the second personal information.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein receiving the first personal information of the user or the second personal information of the second person comprises the use of a near-field communication device in the mobile device.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the near-field communication device stores identification information used to obtain the first personal information or the second personal information.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first government-issued credential comprises a border crossing credential.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising removing the border crossing credential of the user from the mobile device.

16. A method comprising:

receiving first personal information of a user at a mobile device through close-proximity communication;

receiving second personal information of a second person associated with the user of the mobile device through close-proximity communication;

storing the first and second personal information in the mobile device;

retrieving the second personal information in the mobile device;

transferring the second retrieved personal information to another device through close-proximity communication to facilitate verification of the second personal information with verification information obtained from another information source; and

obtaining a verification indication based on the verification information.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein receiving first and second personal information of the user comprises near-field communication.

18. The method of claim 16 , further comprising receiving the first personal information of the user by scanning a document indicative of the first personal information.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein scanning the document comprises scanning a bar code on the document.

20. The method of claim 16 , wherein receiving the first personal information comprises retrieving information stored separate from the mobile device.

21. The method of claim 16 , wherein the first and second personal information comprises citizenship information.

22. The method of claim 16 , wherein the first and second personal information comprises passport information.

23. A mobile device comprising:

a close-proximity communication device;

a memory associated with the close-proximity communication device; and

a controller coupled to the close-proximity communication device, wherein the controller is programmed to at least:

receive first personal information of a user through the close-proximity communication device;

receive second personal information of a second person associated with the user of the mobile device through close-proximity communication;

store the first and second personal information in the memory;

transfer the second personal information to another device using the close-proximity communication device to facilitate verification of the second personal information with verification information obtained from another information source; and

obtain a verification indication.

24. The mobile device of claim 23 , wherein the close-proximity communication device comprises a near-field communication device.

25. The mobile device of claim 23 , wherein the controller is programmed to receive the first personal information by scanning a document indicative of the first personal information.

26. The mobile device of claim 23 further comprising a network interface, wherein he controller is programmed to retrieve the first and second personal information using the network interface.