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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Krishnaram Kenthapadi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ahsan Chudhary, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ryan Wade Sandler, San Francisco, CA (US);
Anthony Duane Duerr, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06N 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/6254 (2013.01); G06F 21/602 (2013.01); G06N 7/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an example embodiment, a method for protecting against confidential data-based inference attacks in a computer system is provided. A first confidential data value is received. Then a modification value is selected based on a level of privacy specified for the computer system. Then the first confidential data value is altered by adding the modification value to the first confidential data value.