Generation of updatable anonymized data records for testing and developing purposes
US8117219B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 9, 2005 |
| Grant date | Feb 14, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 30, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/217
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A mechanism is described for the computer-aided generation of anonymized data records for developing and testing application programs that are intended for use in a productive network (12). A method according to the invention comprises the provision of at least one productive database (14) containing data records that contain productive data elements to be anonymized, provision of at least one non-productive database (22) containing data records that likewise contain data elements, the generation of an assignment between data records of the non-productive database (22) and data records of the productive database (14), and also the generation of an anonymized data record by replacing the data elements to be anonymized in a data record from the productive database (14) with the data elements of an assigned data record from the non-productive database (22). The assignment is maintained during a later generation of new anonymized data records and/or during an updating of already generated anonymized data records in order to be able to maintain the test data and in order to make simpler error analysis possible.
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