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US8898272B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 2, 2012 |
| Grant date | Nov 25, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 4, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/535
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Processes are disclosed for identifying site-specific or domain-specific URL parameters that are likely associated with personally identifiable information (PII). The processes involve analyzing the browsing session records of multiple users to assess, for a given site or domain, the uniqueness levels of particular URL parameters. These uniqueness levels, alone or in combination with other criteria, are used to determine whether each such parameter is likely associated with PII. The results of this analysis may be used to filter likely PII from session records, such as by modifying and/or deleting the URLs likely to contain PII.
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