US 12,141,318 B2
Techniques for private and secure collection and processing of data for generalized analysis
Héctor Caltenco, Oxie (SE); and Paul McLachlan, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/779,930
Filed by TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Nov. 26, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/060182
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/105746, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0009067 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G16Y 20/40 (2020.01)
CPC G06F 21/6245 (2013.01) [G16Y 20/40 (2020.01); G06F 2221/2143 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for obtaining data from one or more data source devices, based on a request, for protecting data source device privacy, comprising:
receiving a request for analytical data made by a requester, wherein the request includes:
information for identifying one or more data source devices to be queried for input data,
a type of data processing to be performed on the input data for generating the analytical data, and
a data type for the analytical data;
in response to receiving the request, causing the one or more data source devices to be queried for the input data;
receiving input data returned by the one or more data source devices queried for the input data;
causing input data returned by the one or more data source devices in response to being queried to be processed in a trusted processing environment in accordance with the type of data processing specified in the request in order to generate the analytical data; and
causing a response that includes the analytical data to be sent to the requester.