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Systems and methods to secure personally identifiable information

  • US 10,410,015 B2
  • Filed: 05/18/2017
  • Issued: 09/10/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method implemented in a computer system hosting a three-dimensional virtual reality world, the method comprising:

  • collecting personally identifiable information of users of accounts to access the three-dimensional virtual reality world hosted on the computer system, wherein;

    each respective account in the accounts is identified by an account identifier; and

    each respective data field of personally identifiable information of the respective account is identified by a data field identifier;

    storing a global key;

    generating an encryption key from the global key, the account identifier, and the data field identifier for a content of the respective data field of the personally identifiable information of the respective account, wherein;

    the content is encrypted using the encryption key to generate an encrypted content of the respective data field of the personally identifiable information of the respective account, andthe encrypted content is decryptable using the encryption key;

    determining an identification of a storage location for the respective data field of the personally identifiable information of the respective account; and

    storing the identification of the storage location in a first storage device that is separate from a second storage device that stores, at the storage location, the encrypted contents of personally identifiable information of the accounts.

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