Patent 7877790 was granted and assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I on January, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present disclosure is directed to a system and method to manage data flow in a network. The method can include storing a plurality of profiles of a user, wherein each profile includes user data. The method can also include receiving a request for a portion of user data. The method also includes selecting a type of credential, at least partially based on: an origin of the request, the user data requested, a transaction value, a plurality of data disbursement rules, or any combination thereof.