Invention Application
- Patent Title: PRIVACY PROTECTED DATABASE QUERYING
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Application No.: US17551452Application Date: 2021-12-15
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Publication No.: US20220198050A1Publication Date: 2022-06-23
- Inventor: Deima Elnatour , Elli Shapiro , Muhammad Mohsin K. Niazi , Michael B. Wood , Brandon J. Van Ryswyk , Paul A. Youngblood , Daniela S. Antonova , Andrew M. Bennett , Alex B. McLaughlin , Sebastien P. Sahuc , Cristian B. Opris , Miguel Nunes De Miranda
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Main IPC: G06F21/62
- IPC: G06F21/62 ; G06F16/2455 ; G06F9/54

Abstract:
Systems, methods, and devices are described herein to query data in an entity data database. A query for information about a set of entities is received from a requesting system. The query is in a predefined format and includes search conditions. A querying strategy is determined based on the received query. The entity data database is queried by identifying a set of user records that fulfill a first search condition. A numerical value of the set of user records is next compared to a threshold. Depending on the numerical value, the set of user records is assigned to a first numerical bucket. Depending on the bucket, the numerical value is changed to a second numerical value, which is used to generate an aggregated count value. The aggregated count value is shared with the requesting system.
Information query