SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO ONLINE PERSONAL INFORMATION
First Claim
1. A search engine system for controlling access to personal information in an online search, the search engine system comprising:
- an interface system adapted to receive a search term regarding an individual from a device;
a processing system coupled to the interface system adapted to identify privacy criteria indicating personal information regarding the individual to be excluded from the online search; and
a searching system coupled to the processing system adapted to perform the online search based on the search term and the privacy criteria to generate filtered search results that exclude the personal information of the individual indicated by the privacy criteria, and adapted to provide the filtered search results to the device.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for controlling access to online personal information in an online search. In one embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for controlling access to personal information in an online search. The method comprises receiving a search term regarding an individual from a device. The method further comprises identifying privacy criteria indicating personal information regarding the individual to be excluded from the online search. The method further comprises performing the online search based on the search term and the privacy criteria to generate filtered search results that exclude the personal information of the individual indicated by the privacy criteria, and providing the filtered search results to the device.
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20 Claims
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1. A search engine system for controlling access to personal information in an online search, the search engine system comprising:
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an interface system adapted to receive a search term regarding an individual from a device; a processing system coupled to the interface system adapted to identify privacy criteria indicating personal information regarding the individual to be excluded from the online search; and a searching system coupled to the processing system adapted to perform the online search based on the search term and the privacy criteria to generate filtered search results that exclude the personal information of the individual indicated by the privacy criteria, and adapted to provide the filtered search results to the device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for controlling access to personal information in an online search, the method comprising:
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receiving a search term regarding an individual from a device; identifying privacy criteria indicating personal information regarding the individual to be excluded from the online search; performing the online search based on the search term and the privacy criteria to generate filtered search results that exclude the personal information of the individual indicated by the privacy criteria; and providing the filtered search results to the device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A privacy database for controlling access to personal information in an online search, the privacy database comprising:
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a plurality of individual identifiers defined by an individual indicating identifying information of the individual; a privacy criteria defined by the individual associated with the individual identifiers indicating a type of personal information of the individual to be excluded from the online search generated by a search engine system; and an interface system adapted to identify the individual identifier related to a search term received from the search engine system, and to transmit the privacy criteria associated with the individual identifier to the search engine system. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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