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Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014

Filed:

Mar. 23, 2010
Applicants:

Frank D. Mcsherry, San Francisco, CA (US);

Oliver M. C. Williams, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Frank D. McSherry, San Francisco, CA (US);

Oliver M. C. Williams, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06N 7/02 (2006.01); G06N 7/06 (2006.01); G06Q 99/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Given that a differentially private mechanism has a known conditional distribution, probabilistic inference techniques may be used along with the known conditional distribution, and generated results from previously computed queries on private data, to generate a posterior distribution for the differentially private mechanism used by the system. The generated posterior distribution may be used to describe the probability of every possible result being the correct result. The probability may then be used to qualify conclusions or calculations that may depend on the returned result.


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