Obscuring user web usage patterns
US10083322B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 30, 2015 |
| Grant date | Sep 25, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 3, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W12/02
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An injection engine monitors whether a pattern of a current selection of web address requests in outbound web traffic for a user matches one or more web usage patterns that allow for identifying the user based on the current selection of web address requests. The injection engine, responsive to detecting the pattern of the current selection of web address requests by the user matches the one or more web usage patterns, injects one or more random valid web address requests into the outbound web traffic for the user, wherein the one or more random valid web address requests obscure the current selection of web address requests from using the one or more web usage patterns.
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