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Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014

Filed:

Nov. 07, 2011
Applicants:

Thomas D. Erickson, Minneapolis, MN (US);

David W. Levine, New York, NY (US);

Inventors:

Thomas D. Erickson, Minneapolis, MN (US);

David W. Levine, New York, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/02 (2009.01); H04W 4/06 (2009.01); H04W 48/12 (2009.01); H04W 4/20 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0428 (2013.01); H04W 4/06 (2013.01); H04W 48/12 (2013.01); H04W 12/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/206 (2013.01);
Abstract

Obfuscating a message, in one aspect, may include detecting sensitive information in a message to be broadcast into public or quasi-public computer network environment; replacing the sensitive information in the message with a representation that preserves general aspects of the sensitive information and a user interface element, the user interface element for enabling a viewer of the message to request access to details of the sensitive information; and transmitting the replaced message for broadcasting into the public or quasi-public computer network environment. De-obfuscating the message, in one aspect, may include authenticating one or more viewers or receivers of the message and based on the authentication, presenting details associated with the sensitive information.


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