Patents
US 8510850 B2: Functionality for providing de-identified data
- Granted
- 2013-08-13
- Filed
- 2010-12-17 application 12970984
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A de-identification system is described herein for converting original messages into de-identified messages. The de-identification system leverages original message-inception-functionality which operates as a gateway for providing original messages for use by a production environment. Namely, the de-identification system includes a transformation module that receives the original messages from the original message-inception functionality. The transformation module then converts instances of sensitive information contained in the original messages into non-sensitive information, to produce the de-identified messages. A de-identified environment can consume the de-identified messages with high confidence that the messages have been properly sanitized. This is because the de-identification work has been performed at a well-contained quarantine level of the message processing functionality.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg130813.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Corporation 13,256 patents | US company or organization | Redmond, WA | MICROSOFT CORP Form D issuer FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Dove | Seattle, WA | 13 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Craig Feied | Kirkland, WA | 4 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Michael T. Gillam | Silver Spring, MD | 8 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Jonathan Alan Handler | Northbrook, IL | 23 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Dobroslav K. Kolev | Vienna, VA | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Kurt Arley Luke Thorne | Hyattsville, MD | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06F | Electric digital data processing | G06F21/6254 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G16H | Healthcare informatics, i.e. information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical or healthcare data | G16H10/60 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-12-09 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | MICROSOFT CORPORATION signed 2014-10-14 | MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC REDMOND, WA | 34544/1 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2011-01-17 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | THORNE, KURT ARLEY LUKE signed 2010-12-08 KOLEV, DOBROSLAV K. signed 2010-12-09 FEIED, CRAIG F. signed 2010-12-13 HANDLER, JONATHAN A. signed 2010-12-13 GILLAM, MICHAEL T. signed 2010-12-14 DOVE, BRYAN J signed 2011-01-13 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION REDMOND, WA | 25646/861 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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