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Methods and systems for auto-completion of anonymized strings

  • US 10,531,286 B2
  • Filed: 10/24/2016
  • Issued: 01/07/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • at a proxy server having one or more processors and memory storing instructions for execution by the one or more processors, wherein the proxy server is coupled to a client device and a web server, the proxy server performing;

    receiving, from the client device, a partial query entered at the client device, wherein the partial query includes a first substring of a full query to be generated by an autocomplete suggestion;

    generating a first anonymized partial query by replacing the first substring with a first anonymized string, wherein the first anonymized string is correlated with the first substring;

    forwarding the first anonymized partial query to the web server;

    receiving, from the web server, in response to the first anonymized partial query, a second anonymized query stored by the web server in association with the first anonymized partial query, the second anonymized query corresponding to the autocomplete suggestion;

    translating the second anonymized query into a first de-anonymized query, wherein the first de-anonymized query is correlated with the second anonymized query; and

    sending, to the client device, the autocomplete suggestion including the first de-anonymized query, to generate the full query.

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