The projects listed below articulate a roadmap for delivering digital identities that enable device owners to mutually identify, authenticate, and securely collaborate.
Identity Agents: Identity agent software is incrementally released and installed in user and provider devices. Each identity agent creates and deploys digital identities for the owner such that sovereign copies and public copies are stored in the identity agent‘s wallet and contacts objects.
Real Estate: Real estate transactions carrying sensitive identifying, contract, and wire transfer data are shared among real estate agents, home owners, and buyers collaborating in-person and online. This project involves real estate stakeholders collaborating in a local or regional context using identity agents and digital identities to securely exchange real estate information by way of email and text messaging.
E-Commerce: In this case, consumers purchase specialty products online from a supplier. The specialty supplier offers branded (sealed) digital identity templates to visiting shoppers. The consumer uses her identity agent to populate the template with her email address when her digital identity is created. She then registers a public copy of her digital identity with the provider. Thereafter, the consumer’s shopping activity, credit card data, and submitted purchase orders are transferred securely.
Social Networks: Members of social networks benefit from having digital identities instead of passwords to log in. This project involves a social network (like Bluesky, Facebook) offering branded (sealed) digital identity templates to a cadre of members (like journalists). They populate the template and exchange public copies of their digital identities with the social network provider to register. Subsequently, they use their public copies to log into the network’s web site and securely collaborate with like-minded members holding digital identities.
Professional Networks: Subscribers benefit from having digital identities to access the network and securely collaborate with other subscribers. In this project, a professional network (like LinkedIn) offers branded (sealed) digital identity templates to colleagues who populate, exchange, and register their digital identities, and then use them to log into the network. Mutually known members, and those who have endorsed oneanother, use branded digital identities to securely collaborate.
Banks (Credit Unions): Financial institutions typically offer notary services to customers. Having installed identity agents and branded digital banking identities, customers can safely log into the online banking system. A customer can thereby securely submit an identifying document to a notary and receive a digitally sealed (notarized) copy.
Government: Departments of Motor Vehicles (DMVs) require drivers to submit identifying documents when renewing a digital driver’s license. The documents may be digitally notarized. Drivers having identity agents are provided branded digital identity (DMV) templates which they populate to create a trial digital (DMV) license. The driver and DMV exchange public copies of their digital identities establishing a secure channel which the driver uses to submit his identifying document(s) for identity-proofing. If the DMV successfully identity-proofs the driver, he is issued a sealed digital (DMV) license.