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Patent No.:

US 12670285 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026

Filed:

Dec. 15, 2021

Privacy protected database querying

Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Deima Elnatour, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Elli Shapiro, London, GB;

Muhammad Mohsin K. Niazi, London, GB;

Michael B. Wood, London, GB;

Brandon J. Van Ryswyk, Los Altos, CA (US);

Paul A. Youngblood, San Mateo, CA (US);

Daniela S. Antonova, London, GB;

Andrew M. Bennett, North Hollywood, CA (US);

Alex B. Mclaughlin, Santa Monica, CA (US);

Sebastien P. Sahuc, Piedmont, CA (US);

Cristian B. Opris, London, GB;

Miguel Nunes De Miranda, London, GB;

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Primary Examiner:

Gautam Sain

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 16/2455 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/6227 (2013.01); G06F 9/54 (2013.01); G06F 16/24556 (2019.01); G06F 21/6245 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, methods, and devices are described herein to query data in an entity data database. A query for information about a set of entities is received from a requesting system. The query is in a predefined format and includes search conditions. A querying strategy is determined based on the received query. The entity data database is queried by identifying a set of user records that fulfill a first search condition. A numerical value of the set of user records is next compared to a threshold. Depending on the numerical value, the set of user records is assigned to a first numerical bucket. Depending on the bucket, the numerical value is changed to a second numerical value, which is used to generate an aggregated count value. The aggregated count value is shared with the requesting system.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Elnatour, Deima. (2026). Privacy protected database querying (U.S. Patent No. 12670285). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12670285

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