PROVISION OF CUSTOMER ATTRIBUTES TO AN ORGANIZATION

1 . A method for providing attributes for access by a recipient, comprising:

receiving a notification from a customer requesting that an attribute in a customer profile that is representative of that customer be made available to a recipient;

receiving from the customer a designation of a recipient for access;

storing the designation of the recipient in memory of a server;

receiving from the customer selection of attributes to be conveyed to the recipient;

receiving from the customer designated time of conveyance from the customer;

receiving from a customer a selection of level of detail of attributes to convey to the recipient;

wherein the level of detail selected influences the attributes representing the customer that are conveyed; and

providing access to the attributes according to the level selected by the customer at the designated time of conveyance to the recipient.

2 . A method according to claim 1 , further comprising receiving a duration of access that the customer would like the attributes to be available for access by the recipient.

3 . A method according to claim 2 , further comprising denying access to the attributes of the recipient when the duration of access has elapsed.

4 . A method according to claim 1 , further comprising receiving a number of accesses that the recipient is allowed to access the attributes.

5 . A method according to claim 4 , further comprising denying access to the recipient when the recipient has accessed the attributes equal to the number accesses specified by the customer.

6 . A method according to claim 1 , wherein the attributes are predetermined to comprise the following attributes: age of customer, education of customer, income of customer, location of the customer, gender of customer.

7 . A method according to claim 1 , wherein the attributes are predetermined to comprise the following attributes: age of customer, education of customer, income of customer, home ownership of customer, marital status.

8 . A method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

presenting to the customer a selectable selection of customer items that contain customer attributes that have been provided by the customer;

receiving a selection of customer items made by the customer; and

evaluating the items selected by the customer for customer attributes.

9 . A method according to claim 1 , further comprising: organizing the attributes on a display such that the recipient is presented with the attributes in the same layout that is displayed on the display as viewed by the customer.

10 . A method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

evaluating the attributes for quality;

providing a confidence score corresponding to quality and providing the recipients access to the confidence score.

11 . A system for providing customer attributes for access by a recipient, comprising: one or more processors and one or more memory devices operably coupled to the one or more processors and storing executable and operational data, the executable and operational data effective to cause the one or more processors to:

receive a notification from a customer requesting that an attribute in a customer profile that is representative of that customer be made available to a recipient;

receive from the customer a designation of a recipient for access;

store the designation of the recipient in memory of a server;

receive from the customer selection of attributes to be conveyed to the recipient;

receive from the customer designated time of conveyance from the customer;

receive from a customer a selection of level of detail of attributes to convey to the recipient;

wherein the level of detail selected influences the attributes representing the customer that are conveyed; and

provide access to the attributes according to the level selected by the customer at the designated time of conveyance to the recipient.

12 . A system according to claim 11 , further comprising receiving a duration of access that the customer would like the attributes to be available for access by the recipient.

13 . A system according to claim 12 , further comprising of denying access to the recipient when the duration of access has elapsed.

14 . A system according to claim 11 , further comprising receiving a number of accesses that the recipient is allowed to access the attributes.

15 . A system according to claim 14 , further comprising denying access to the recipient when the recipient has accessed the attributes equal to the number accesses specified by the customer.

16 . A system according to claim 11 , wherein the attributes are predetermined to comprise the following attributes: age of customer, education of customer, income of customer, location of the customer, gender of customer.

17 . A system according to claim 12 , wherein the attributes are predetermined to comprise the following additional attributes: age of customer, education of customer, income of customer, home ownership of customer, marital status.

18 . A system according to claim 11 , further comprising:

present to the customer a selectable selection of customer items that contain customer attributes that have been provided by the customer;

receive a selection of customer items made by the customer; and

evaluate the items selected by the customer for customer attributes.

19 . A system according to claim 11 , further comprising: organize the attributes by the customer on a display such that the recipient is presented with the attributes in the same layout that is displayed on the display as viewed by the customer.

20 . A system according to claim 11 , further comprising:

evaluate the attributes for quality;

provide a confidence score corresponding to quality and providing the recipients access to the confidence score.