Generating and processing obfuscated sensitive information
US11487897B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 28, 2017 |
| Grant date | Nov 1, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 1, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/903
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In some aspects, a computing system can receive a request for a processing operation that involves a query. The computing system can extract a query parameter indicating an entity or information type. The computing system can parse, using the query parameter, an obfuscated dataset that is generated by electronically transforming (i) first sensitive information into first obfuscated data using an obfuscation key and (ii) second sensitive information into second obfuscated data using the obfuscation key. The sensitive information is unreadable in the obfuscated data. The computing system can match the query parameter to the first obfuscated data and the second obfuscated data based on a relationship between the first obfuscated data and the second obfuscated data. The relationship is independent of a meaning of the first and second sensitive information. The computing system can performing the processing operation using the first and second obfuscated data.
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