Psychometric keycard for online applications

Abstract

A system for securely providing psychometric information is disclosed. The system includes a psychometric information database storing the psychometric information, wherein the psychometric information corresponds to an individual, and wherein the psychometric information is derived from an interaction with the individual. The system includes a validation module configured to validate an entity requesting the psychometric information. The system further includes an authorization module configured to selectively allow usage of a portion of the psychometric information based at least in part on a type of the portion of the psychometric information and at least in part on the interaction from which the portion of the psychometric information was derived.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system for securely providing psychometric information, comprising:
 a psychometric information database storing the psychometric information, wherein the psychometric information corresponds to an individual, and wherein the psychometric information is derived from an interaction with the individual;   a validation module configured to validate an entity requesting the psychometric information; and   an authorization module, using a processor to selectively allow usage of a portion of the psychometric information based at least in part on a type of the portion of the psychometric information and at least in part on the interaction from which the portion of the psychometric information was derived.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the psychometric information comprises a characteristic related to one or more of the following: personality, personal values, motivations, work-life balance, resiliency, social intelligence, and cognition. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the psychometric information further comprises a score or a rank based at least in part on the characteristic. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the psychometric information further comprises a reliability value associated with the characteristic. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the psychometric information comprises information regarding the interaction from which the psychometric information was derived. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the psychometric information comprises a level of responsiveness of the individual to one or more of the following: a priming stimulus, a sub-threshold stimulus, and a projective ambiguous stimulus. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the interaction with the individual comprises a psychometric test. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 7 , wherein the psychometric test comprises a psychometric profiling computer game. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the psychometric profiling computer game is configured to:
 present one or more game scenarios to the individual;   collect responses of the individual to the one or more game scenarios; and   evaluate one or more characteristics associated with the individual based at least in part on the collected responses of the individual.   
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein one of the one or more game scenarios includes a storyline that includes social interactions, and wherein the individual plays the game scenario by playing out the storyline as an avatar. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the entity is associated with a web search engine, and wherein the web search engine uses the portion of the psychometric information to provide search results for a search based at least in part on the portion of the psychometric information. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the search comprises a search for a business or a service. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the entity is associated with a business or a service application, and wherein the application is an online or mobile application. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the entity is associated with a social networking application. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the entity is associated with a relationship matching application. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the entity is associated with designing of a user interface for the individual. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein the designing of the user interface comprises using the portion of the psychometric information to determine one or more of the following: a presentation style, a layout of the user interface, and a complexity level presented by the user interface. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the entity is associated with an advertising engine, and wherein the advertising engine uses the portion of the psychometric information to provide an advertisement targeted to the individual based at least in part on the portion of the psychometric information. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein providing the advertisement targeted to the individual based at least in part on the portion of the psychometric information comprises including a stimulus in the advertisement, and wherein the stimulus is one of the following: a priming stimulus, a sub-threshold stimulus, and a projective ambiguous stimulus. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the validation of the entity is based at least in part on one or more of the following: a type of an application associated with the entity, an identity of the entity, and configuration parameters set by the individual. 
     
     
         21 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the authorization module is further configured to selectively allow usage of the portion of the psychometric information based at least in part on one or more of the following: a type of an application associated with the entity, an identity of the entity, an approval by the individual, and configuration parameters. 
     
     
         22 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the portion of the psychometric information is sent to the entity in an encrypted message. 
     
     
         23 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising a decision module configured to make a decision on behalf of the entity associated with an application, wherein the decision is based at least in part on the portion of the psychometric information. 
     
     
         24 . A method for securely providing psychometric information, comprising:
 storing the psychometric information in a psychometric information database, wherein the psychometric information corresponds to an individual, and wherein the psychometric information is derived from an interaction with the individual;   validating an entity requesting the psychometric information using a processor; and   selectively allowing usage of a portion of the psychometric information based at least in part on a type of the portion of the psychometric information and at least in part on the interaction from which the portion of the psychometric information was derived.   
     
     
         25 . A computer program product for securely providing psychometric information, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:
 storing the psychometric information in a psychometric information database, wherein the psychometric information corresponds to an individual, and wherein the psychometric information is derived from an interaction with the individual;   validating an entity requesting the psychometric information; and   selectively allowing usage of a portion of the psychometric information based at least in part on a type of the portion of the psychometric information and at least in part on the interaction from which the portion of the psychometric information was derived.