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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Krishnaram Kenthapadi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ahsan Chudhary, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Stephanie Chou, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ryan Wade Sandler, San Francisco, CA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a submission history table is maintained by tracking an identification of each user making a submission of a confidential data value and a timestamp of when the corresponding submission was made. A first confidential data value submission is received from a user having a first identification. Member usage information for the user having the first identification, are retrieved based on the first identification. The submission history table is referenced to determine a length of time since the user having the first identification last made a submission of confidential data. It is determined that the user having the first identification is not permitted to submit confidential information based on the member usage information and the length of time since the user having the first identification last made a submission of confidential data. In response to the determining, the first confidential data value is discarded.