System and method to anonymize data transmitted to a destination computing device
US9288191B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 12, 2014 |
| Grant date | Mar 15, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/0407
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and system for anonymizing data to be transmitted to a destination computing device is disclosed. Anonymization strategy for data anonymization is provided. Data to be transmitted is received from a user computer, the data including a plurality of characters, with at least one character case sensitive. A case information word indicative of the case of the characters is created. The characters in the data is converted to a known case. Selective anonymization of the converted data is performed, based on a selected anonymization strategy, using an anonymization module. The anonymized data with the case information word and data indicative of the selected anonymization strategy is transmitted to the destination computing device over a network.
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