System and method for privacy-aware information extraction and validation
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1. A method comprising:
- identifying, by an online content system server, a user interest for a user using publicly-accessible data about the user, the identifying comprising identifying a strength of the user interest using the publicly-accessible data about the user;
generating, by the online content system server, a request to confirm the user interest identified using the publicly-accessible data about the user;
submitting, by the online content system server, a request to a private data store of an online service provider, the private data store comprising data about online activities of the plurality of users in connection with the online service provider;
receiving, by the online content system server and from the private data store, a response to the request, the response indicating a validity of the user interest derived from the publicly-accessible data about the user, the received response generated using private data about the user stored in the private data store, the received response indicating the validity of the user interest, identified using the publicly-accessible data about the user, without divulging any of the private data used to make a determination of the validity of the user interest;
generating, by the online content system server, a content presentation personalized for the user, generation of the content presentation using the received indication of the validity of the user interest, generated using the private data about the user, and the identified strength of the user interest determined using the publicly-accessible data; and
providing, by the online content system server and to the user via a client computing device and an electronic communications network, the content presentation personalized for the user based on the identified strength of the user interest derived from the publicly-accessible data and on the received response, generated based on the private data about the user, indicating the validity of the user interest identified using the publicly-accessible data about the user.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a system to validate information about a user, or users, derived from publicly-accessible data. The system comprises a validation system that uses private data about the user to validate the user information derived from the publicly-accessible data. The validation system may receive a validation request in connection with an inconclusive result derived from the publicly-accessible data.
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1. A method comprising:
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identifying, by an online content system server, a user interest for a user using publicly-accessible data about the user, the identifying comprising identifying a strength of the user interest using the publicly-accessible data about the user; generating, by the online content system server, a request to confirm the user interest identified using the publicly-accessible data about the user; submitting, by the online content system server, a request to a private data store of an online service provider, the private data store comprising data about online activities of the plurality of users in connection with the online service provider; receiving, by the online content system server and from the private data store, a response to the request, the response indicating a validity of the user interest derived from the publicly-accessible data about the user, the received response generated using private data about the user stored in the private data store, the received response indicating the validity of the user interest, identified using the publicly-accessible data about the user, without divulging any of the private data used to make a determination of the validity of the user interest; generating, by the online content system server, a content presentation personalized for the user, generation of the content presentation using the received indication of the validity of the user interest, generated using the private data about the user, and the identified strength of the user interest determined using the publicly-accessible data; and providing, by the online content system server and to the user via a client computing device and an electronic communications network, the content presentation personalized for the user based on the identified strength of the user interest derived from the publicly-accessible data and on the received response, generated based on the private data about the user, indicating the validity of the user interest identified using the publicly-accessible data about the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An online content system server comprising:
a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for tangibly storing thereon program logic for execution by the processor, the program logic comprising; identifying logic executed by the processor for identifying a user interest for a user using publicly-accessible data about the user, the identifying comprising identifying a strength of the user interest using the publicly-accessible data about the user; generating logic executed by the processor for generating a request to confirm the user interest identified using the publicly-accessible data about the user; submitting logic executed by the processor for submitting a request to a private data store of an online service provider, the private data store comprising data about online activities of the plurality of users in connection with the online service provider; receiving logic executed by the processor for receiving, from the private data store, a response to the request, the response indicating a validity of the user interest derived from the publicly-accessible data about the user, the received response generated using private data about the user stored in the private data store, the received response indicating the validity of the user interest, identified using the publicly-accessible data about the user, without divulging any of the private data used to make a determination of the validity of the user interest; generating logic executed by the processor for generating a content presentation personalized for the user, generation of the content presentation using the received indication of the validity of the user interest, generated using the private data about the user, and the identified strength of the user interest determined using the publicly-accessible data; and providing logic executed by the processor for providing, to the user via a client computing device and an electronic communications network, the content presentation personalized for the user based on the identified strength of the user interest derived from the publicly-accessible data and on the received response, generated based on the private data about the user, indicating the validity of the user interest identified using the publicly-accessible data about the user. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium for tangibly storing thereon computer readable instructions, that when executed by an online content system server, perform a function comprising:
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identifying a user interest for a user using publicly-accessible data about the user, the identifying comprising identifying a strength of the user interest using the publicly-accessible data about the user; generating a request to confirm the user interest identified using the publicly-accessible data about the user; submitting a request to a private data store of an online service provider, the private data store comprising data about online activities of the plurality of users in connection with the online service provider; receiving, from the private data store, a response to the request, the response indicating a validity of the user interest derived from the publicly-accessible data about the user, the received response generated using private data about the user stored in the private data store, the received response indicating the validity of the user interest, identified using the publicly-accessible data about the user, without divulging any of the private data used to make a determination of the validity of the user interest; generating a content presentation personalized for the user, generation of the content presentation using the received indication of the validity of the user interest, generated using the private data about the user, and the identified strength of the user interest determined using the publicly-accessible data; and providing, to the user via a client computing device and an electronic communications network, the content presentation personalized for the user based on the received response, generated based on the identified strength of the user interest derived from the publicly-accessible data and on the private data about the user, indicating the validity of the user interest identified using the publicly-accessible data about the user.
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