US 11,854,021 B2
Data security
Anthony A. Macey, London (GB); Harry Powell, London (GB); Richard Craibe William Martin, London (GB); and Antoine Amend, London (GB)
Assigned to Barclays Execution Services Limited, London (GB)
Appl. No. 16/976,656
Filed by Barclays Execution Services Limited, London (GB)
PCT Filed Feb. 28, 2019, PCT No. PCT/GB2019/050557
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 28, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/166811, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 6, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1803275 (GB), filed on Feb. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0410135 A1, Dec. 31, 2020
Int. Cl. G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2023.01); G06F 18/211 (2023.01); G06F 18/23213 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01) [G06F 18/211 (2023.01); G06F 18/23213 (2023.01); G06F 21/6254 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for anonymizing data comprising:
at a first source of data determining one or more parameters of a procedure for dividing a first data set into subsets of data, such that each subset of data meets one or more criteria;
providing the parameters to a second source of data;
at the second source of data amending the parameters such that the procedure will divide a second data set data into subsets of data that each meet the one or more criteria; providing the first source of data with the amended parameters;
at the first source of data dividing the first data set into subsets of data according to the procedure operating according to the amended parameters;
at the second source of data dividing the second data set into subsets of data according to the procedure operating according to the amended parameters;
anonymizing the subsets of data from the first source and the subsets of data at the second source; and
combining the anonymized subsets of data.