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Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 06, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventor:

Kirill M. Osipov, Ormond Beach, FL (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/542 (2013.01); G06F 21/6254 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, system and computer program product for enhancing privacy of event data. Event sensor data (e.g., body temperature, heart rate data) is received and analyzed by a subscriber to form a probability of assigning a user identity to the received event sensor data. The user of the event sensor data is then assigned with a temporary membership to a cohort (related group of users that share common characteristic(s) or experience(s)) to hide the identity of the user in response to the probability of assigning the user identity to the received event sensor data exceeding a threshold. Actions may then be performed based on the temporary membership to the cohort in order to ensure that the probability of assigning a user identity to the received event sensor data does not exceed the threshold. In this manner, privacy of the user's sensitive data is enhanced.


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