Patent · US Active

Protecting privacy in an online setting

US9843584B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 1, 2015
Grant dateDec 12, 2017
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Expiry dateOct 20, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F21/6245
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer program products to perform an operation comprising receiving digital content associated with an account identifier, parsing the digital content and extracting a set of attributes from the digital content, receiving via a network connection, from each of a plurality of online identity services, a set of identities matching at least one attribute of the set of attributes, intersecting the sets of identities to create a set of candidate identities, computing a score for each identity in the set of candidate identities, wherein each score reflects a likelihood that the respective candidate identity is associated with the account identifier; and returning a ranked list of the scored candidate identities and an indication of at least one item of evidence linking the respective candidate identity to the account identifier.

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