IP Library Granted Patent US 10,700,866
Granted Patent B2
US 10,700,866 · App. 15/842,475 · Granted Jun 30, 2020

Anonymous encrypted data

Inventors: Spyridon Antonatos (Dublin, IE); Stefano Braghin (Blanchardstown, IE); Akshar Kaul (Bangalore, IN); Manish Kesarwani (Bangalore, IN); Sameep Mehta (New Delhi, IN)
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
H04L9/32G06F12/1408G06F21/6245G06F21/64G06N20/00H04L9/0894H04L63/0421H04L63/0428H04L63/107G06F2212/1052G06F2221/034
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Patent No.
US 10,700,866
App. No.
15/842,475
Granted
Jun 30, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Techniques facilitating autonomously rendering an encrypted data anonymous in a non-trusted environment are provided. In one example, a computer-implemented method can comprise generating, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, a plurality of clusters of encrypted data from an encrypted dataset using a machine learning algorithm. The computer-implemented method can also comprise modifying, by the system, the plurality of clusters based on a defined criterion that can facilitate anonymity of the encrypted data.

Claims (18)

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

generating, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, a plurality of clusters of encrypted data from an encrypted dataset using a machine learning algorithm, wherein the machine learning algorithm is a distance based clustering algorithm based on a location identifier of geographical coordinates;

modifying, by the system, the plurality of clusters based on a defined security requirements that facilitates anonymity of the encrypted data, wherein the modifying comprises re-assigning one or more members of a non-compliant cluster of the plurality of clusters to a nearest cluster with respect to the one or more members, and wherein the re-assigning the one or more members comprises:

sorting, by size, clusters of the plurality of clusters that fail to meet the defined security requirements, wherein the sorting is sorting from a cluster with the fewest members to a cluster with the most members, the clusters that fail to meet the defined security requirements;

re-assigning members of the cluster with the fewest members that is a non-compliant cluster to the nearest cluster;

after the re-assigning, removing the cluster with the fewest members from the plurality of clusters and re-analyzing the plurality of clusters for other non-compliant clusters; and

performing the re-assigning the one or more members iteratively until all non-compliant clusters of the plurality of clusters have been removed; and

wherein the modification renders the encrypted data anonymous on a non-trusted environment.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the defined security requirements set a minimum number of members per cluster from the plurality of clusters.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the modifying further comprising suppressing a cluster from the plurality of clusters based on a suppression threshold that designates an amount of encrypted data from the encrypted dataset to be removed.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein the suppressing comprising:

identifying, by the system, encrypted data within the cluster to be removed based on a location indicator associated with the encrypted data;

removing, by the system, the identified encrypted data from the encrypted dataset to generate a second encrypted dataset; and

generating, by the system, a second plurality of clusters of encrypted data from the second encrypted dataset using the machine learning algorithm.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the modifying further comprises re-assigning the encrypted data of the second encrypted dataset from a first cluster from the plurality of clusters to a second cluster of the plurality of clusters based on a parameter.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein the suppressing comprising removing the cluster from the plurality of clusters.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the modifying further comprising re-assigning the encrypted data from a first cluster from the plurality of clusters to a second cluster of the plurality of clusters based on a parameter.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , wherein the parameter is a location indicator associated with encrypted data being re-assigned.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 25, 2025
From: ZENPAYROLL, INC.
To: GUSTO, INC.
Reel/Frame 073705/0640 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2017
From: ANTONATOS, SPYRIDON; BRAGHIN, STEFANO; KAUL, AKSHAR; KESARWANI, MANISH; MEHTA, SAMEEP
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044401/0625 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15648179 · Jul 12, 2017
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