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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 02, 2020
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Vivek Sehgal, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Lun Cui, Los Altos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 16/28 (2019.01); G06F 16/2457 (2019.01); G06F 16/242 (2019.01); G06F 16/955 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/6254 (2013.01); G06F 16/242 (2019.01); G06F 16/24578 (2019.01); G06F 16/284 (2019.01); G06F 21/6227 (2013.01); G06F 16/955 (2019.01);
Abstract

A device implementing a system for anonymizing user data provided for server-side operations includes a processor configured to receive user input including a search term, wherein first and second data structures are stored on the device, the first data structure including user interest data items that correspond to prior user activity, the second data structure including topic data items mapped to the user interest data items, the topic data items being broader than the user interest data items. The processor accesses the second data structure to obtain one or more topic data items. The processor transmits, to a server, the search term and one or more topic data items for obtaining a query suggestion or search result. The processor receives, from the server, the query suggestion or search result, the query suggestion or search result having been obtained based on the search term and one or more topic data items.


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