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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2016
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
James E. Bostick, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Jia Chen, Ossining, NY (US);
Wing L. Leung, Austin, TX (US);
Craig M. Trim, Sylmar, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/2457 (2019.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06N 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/24575 (2019.01); G06F 21/6254 (2013.01); G06N 5/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, system and a computer program product are provided for obscuring web searches by generating or retrieving one or more simulated user search behavior profiles for one or more simulated users, and then generating one or more obfuscating search inquiries consistent with the one or more simulated user search behavior profiles for issuance with the user search inquiries to impair the search engine from accurately characterizing search information related to the first user.