US 11,741,257 B2
Systems and methods for obtaining anonymized information derived from data obtained from external data providers
Shantanu Rajkumar Kothavale, Cupertino, CA (US); Anirban Basak, San Jose, CA (US); Michael Brown, Fremont, CA (US); Danny Y. Lee, San Mateo, CA (US); Prashant Kediyal, Fremont, CA (US); and Ronald C. Lee, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to FortifID, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by FortifID, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/239,221.
Application 17/239,221 is a continuation of application No. 16/506,844, filed on Jul. 9, 2019, granted, now 11,003,792.
Application 16/506,844 is a continuation of application No. 16/274,070, filed on Feb. 12, 2019, granted, now 10,395,058, issued on Aug. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/741,443, filed on Oct. 4, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0383016 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 16/2457 (2019.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 21/6245 (2013.01) [G06F 16/24573 (2019.01); H04L 63/0407 (2013.01); H04L 63/0421 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving, by a persona management system, a request to obtain anonymous identifiers of users matching one or more criteria included in the request;
identifying, using a searchable data store, a user that is associated with one or more transformed data values satisfying the one or more criteria, wherein an entry in the searchable data store includes: an identifier of the user, an identifier of an external data provider that possesses data related to the user, and an identifier of an algorithm used to transform data possessed by the external data provider related to the user into the one or more transformed data values;
providing access to an anonymous identifier of the user;
receiving a request to send a data communication to the user, wherein the request includes the anonymous identifier; and
sending the data communication to a client computing device associated with the user.