US 11,856,000 B2
Method and apparatus for improved security in trigger action platforms
Yunang Chen, Madison, WI (US); Mohannad Alhanahnah, Madison, WI (US); Andrei Sabelfeld, Hoboken, NJ (US); Rahul Chatterjee, Madisn, WI (US); and Earlence Fernandes, Middleton, WI (US)
Assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US)
Filed by Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US)
Filed on Jun. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/339,273.
Prior Publication US 2022/0394043 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 63/123 (2013.01) [H04L 9/3247 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for minimizing data exposure when using a trigger action platform computer service (TAP) of a type providing a trigger condition to a trigger computer service (TS) to receive attribute data upon the trigger condition and providing action requests to an action computer service (AS) based on the attribute data and rules by a user from a user computer, the system comprising:
programmed electronic computers of a user computer, a TAP, and a TS operating to:
(a) generate a rule by a user on a user computer, the rule including a trigger condition;
(b) provide the rule to the TAP together with auxiliary information based on the rule; and
(c) send auxiliary information to the TS to implement a minimizer program on the TS operating to limit attribute data to be sent to the TAS upon satisfaction of the trigger condition when that attribute data is not necessary to implement the actions requests of the rule.