Concealing a personal number
US9703985B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 24, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jul 11, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 24, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/84
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method includes receiving information about a person at a server, the information including a name and a personal number; storing the name and a portion of the personal number in a database in the server, such that the name and portion of the personal number are searchable; converting the personal number to an image that is designed to not be easily readable by optical character recognition, and storing the image; receiving, at the server, a request for a search of the database from a client device including a graphical user interface that has a movable pointer capable of hovering over a spot on the graphical user interface; displaying the name and the portion of the personal number, at a user client device in communication with the server, in response to results of the search matching information about the person; and displaying the image at the user client device in response to the pointer hovering over the portion of the personal number. Other systems and methods are provided.
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