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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2015
Ca, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Vikas Krishna, San Jose, CA (US);
CA, INC., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A method includes performing operations as follows on a processor of an edge device of a network: receiving a data record from a thing, the record comprising a plurality of fields, replacing information in one of the plurality of fields that provides an identity of the thing with mask information that masks the identity the thing. communicating the data record with the mask information toward an information processor external to the network in a first message, communicating the information in the one of the plurality of fields that identifies the thing toward the information processor external to the network in a second message that is communicated separately from the first message, and communicating mapping information that associates the first message with the second message toward the information processor.