ANONYMIZING A NETWORK USING NETWORK CATTRIBUTES AND ENTITY-BASED ACCESS RIGHTS
Patent Information
- Application Number
- DE602020047964
- Authority / Receiving Office
- DE · DE
- Patent Type
- Patents
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Priority Date
- 2019-09-24
- Filing Date
- 2020-09-17
- Publication Date
- 2025-03-19
- Estimated Expiration
- 2040-09-17
AI Technical Summary
Current anonymization methods in computer networks fail to effectively balance privacy and utility constraints, particularly in sensitive networks like healthcare, where data must be anonymized while maintaining useful analytics and adhering to legal and ethical standards.
A system and method that anonymize network information based on network attributes, node attributes, and edge attributes, using a processor to generate privacy constraints and optimize anonymization characteristics such as information loss and network edits, to create an anonymized network that satisfies privacy requirements while preserving utility.
The approach enables the creation of anonymized networks that support privacy-preserving analytics, allowing for the sharing of sensitive data while maintaining the required level of anonymity and utility, optimizing the anonymization process to meet consumer demands and legal constraints.