Identity Service is a telecommunication-based service that allows users to store, collect and share Identity related information through wearable digital interfaces while on the move.

The System

The Identity Service consists of: A personal database, where people can upload all types of personal information, and a wearable digital interface to access, share and broadcast this information while out and about.

The personal database is a users own database could be set up in the users kitchen (for example), and managed only by the user. The Identity Database Software will run on it, but the content remain property of the user.

Subscribers can decide to share or broadcast types of personal information through any type of connected device, such as a mobile phone or wearable interface. Through the wearable interface users gain access to ad-hoc identity networks created dynamically as they move through the day. If desired buildings, machines and computers could become smart through Bluetooth or WiFi networks, allowing a users identity needs to be serviced in real time in any place. Subscribers can also enrich their database profile with new information collected on the move, from other people.

The Identity Service will soon be available in a software version for Java enabled mobile phones, and in a second take as a wearable device in shape of a small brooch to be applied on one’s garments. The wearable device will be activated via a voice-based interface and receive information via a audio-based interface.

Is a novel technology that similarly to Orkut or Friendster is able to connect people that share interests, but the advantage of the Identity Service is to connect people while they are on the move using ad-hoc networks and personal area networks in real time, to allow users to share, collect and receive data when they really need it.

The wearable device is the communication gate between the wearer and the people or environment that surrounds her, creating a sort of a la Minority Report experience.

Research

We are moving from the age of owning goods to the age of knowing (having access to information). Our Identity is built on information and this situation raises the concept of Identity to a new level of interest in our society. This year Identity thieves deprived more than 9 million people of their money by stealing credit cards and financial information; the consequences of which may affect peoples image, role, relationships and credibility. Our Identity is everywhere but never completely with us.

Our Identity is given to us not in the first person but also by the interaction with people that surround us (Deutsch, 2002). Identity is what makes us the person we are, our interests, friends, family, experiences, everyday activities, memories, emotion, ideas.

Identity Service is patent pending, if you are a Telecommunication Service Provider, or Hardware Manufacturer interested in the use of the Identity Service software contact our Investor Relations Department, thank you!

Process

The Identity Service was designed through partcipatory design sessions.