Google Granted Patent for Protecting User Privacy via a Gateway

Google Inc. has been granted patent no. 9,021,599 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for its innovative technology that protects user privacy via a gateway. The patent, titled "Protecting privacy via a gateway," was awarded to the company on April 28, 2015. The system and methods described in the patent are designed to safeguard user data by detecting events, correlating them with the source, and assigning a semi-stable identification without utilizing personal identification information (PII).

Key Takeaways:

• The patented technology includes a data store, processor, event detection unit, correlation unit, semi-stable identification unit, vector assigning unit, and communication unit to protect user privacy via a gateway.
• The system assigns a semi-stable identification to a source associated with a detected event, unrelated to personal identification information (PII).
• The patented method assigns a vector to data associated with the semi-stable identification, which is related to the source, independent of any personal identification information (PII).
• The vector is transmitted to instigate an action, ensuring the protection of user data and maintaining user privacy.
• The inventors behind the patented technology are Ken Krieger, Andrew Joseph Alexander Gildfind, Nick Salvatore Arini, Simon Michael Rowe, and Raimundo Mirisola.
• The patent was assigned to Google Inc. and filed on March 13, 2013, as application no. 13/799,538.

Statistics:

• Patent no.: 9,021,599
• Date of grant: April 28, 2015
• Application no.: 13/799,538
• Filing date: March 13, 2013
• Inventors: 5 (Ken Krieger, Andrew Joseph Alexander Gildfind, Nick Salvatore Arini, Simon Michael Rowe, Raimundo Mirisola)
• Assignee: Google Inc.

Sources:

• United States Patent and Trademark Office
• Patent no. 9,021,599
• Application no. 13/799,538
• "Protecting privacy via a gateway"